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Crocheteo Sports Sweater — 243 






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Copyright, 1918, By 
JANE EAYRE FRYER 



-CAUTION- 



The entire contents of this book are pro- 
tected by copyright, and all persons are 
warned not to reproduce the text, in whole 
or in part, or any of the illustrations with- 
out permission of the publishers. 



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Dear Girls: 

After reading about Mary Frances' many adven- 
tures among the Kitchen People, and the Thimble 
People, and the Garden People, and with the Doll 
Family and the Brave Family, in the Mary Frances 
books — perhaps you thought that no girl, not even 
Mary Frances, could find any more funny little fairy 
helpers right in her own home. 

But Mary Frances did, for the Knitting People 
had overheard many of the lessons which the Thimble 
People gave her, and they were almost jealous. At 
least they probably would have been jealous if they 
had not planned to surprise Mary Frances with some 
delightful lessons in crocheting and knitting. Such 
good lessons they were that almost before she knew 
it, Mary Frances had made the loveliest caps and 
sweaters and bootees for her dolls — just exactly the 




IV 



Preface 



kinds you want for your own dolls. And you can 
have them if you wish, for Mary Frances says that the 
Knitting People told her that they are always just 
as ready to help any other girl who wants their help — 
if she will follow the lessons exactly as they are given 
in this book. 

She says, too, that after a girl has learned to crochet 
and knit for dolls, it is ^' just as easy as a-b-c " to crochet 
and knit for real people; and that knitting articles 
for soldier boys and fathers and mothers makes a 
person feel of very much account. 

It is in the hope that you will enjoy these new 
adventures as much as IMary Frances did, that this 
book is sent out to the girls of America with the best 
wishes of 

The Author. 
Merchantville, N. J. 





I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIIL 

IX. 

X. 

XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 

XVIII. 



Knit and Knack 15 

Aunt Maria Steps In 19 

Crow Shay Talks 25 

WooLEY Ball Tells Some Yarns . 29 

Speaking of Moths 35 

Crow Shay's RELATi\rEs 39 

A Disappointment 43 

A Doll's Necklace 47 

A Telegram 55 

Making Plans 61 

A Rose Scarf 67 

Mary Marie's Shawl 73 

Fairly Flew Flies In 79 

A Little Petticoat 83 

Mary Marie's Cap 93 

Mary Marie's Turban 99 

^Iary Marie Comes to Life . . .105 

The Magic Rhyme 113 



vi Contents 

CHAPTER PAGE 

XIX. Mary Marie's School Bag. . . .117 

XX. A Letter from Mother 121 

XXI. A Teddy Bear Suit 127 

XXII. The First Knitting Lesson . . .145 

XXIII. Casting On Stitches 149 

XXIV. Crow Shay Helps Knit 153 

XXV. To Knit a Stitch 159 

XXVI. Mary Frances Really Knits . . 165 

XXVII. Doing it Over Again .169 

XXVIII. Doll's Knitted Hood 175 

XXIX. What's a Purl? 179 

XXX. Doll's Sleeveless Sweater . . .183 

XXXI. Good News 191 

XXXII. The Boy Aviator 195 

XXXIII. Mary Marie's Sports Sweater. . 201 

XXXIV. Home Again 215 

XXXV. A Gift from the Queen of Fairies 219 

XXXVI. The Magic Paper 225 

XXXVII. The Magic Paper (Continued) . . 227 

XXXVIII. Two More Sweaters 262 

XXXIX. Red Cross Knitting 265 





PAGE 

Different Yarns 31 

Names of Yarns 32 

Crochet Hooks and Knitting Needles 40 

Scale of Sizes 41 

To Make Chain Stitch 48 

Doll's Crocheted Necklace 50 

To Make Single Crochet 51 

To Make Double Crochet 52 

To Make Slip Stitch 53 

Doll's Crocheted Scarf 69 

To Make Fringe 69 

Doll's Crocheted Shawl 75 

To Join Ends of Yarn in Crocheting 76 

Doll's Crocheted Wool Floss Scarf 84 

Doll's Crocheted Petticoat 88 

How TO "Increase" in Crocheting 89 

To Make the Scallops 89 

To Make the Runner 90 

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Doll's Crocheted Toque or Cap 93 

To Make Pompons 95 

Doll's Crocheted Turban (Hat) 99 

Baby's Ball 107 

Hair Pin Ball 107 

Doll's Crocheted Bedroom Slippers 108 

To Make Tassels Ill 

Doll's Crocheted Book Bag 118 

How to Make an Infant Yarn Doll 121 

How TO Make a Colored Yarn Doll 123 

Teddy Bear Suit, Consisting of — 

Crocheted Sweater 129 

Crocheted Tam : . . 135 

How TO ''Decrease" in Crocheting 137 

Crocheted Leggings 138 

First Lesson in Knitting — 

To Make a Slip Knot 148 

To Cast On Stitches with the Fingers . . 150 
To Cast On Stitches with a Crochet 

Hook 155 

To Knit Plain 162 

To Slip a Stitch 163 

How TO Bind off 166 




Instructions 



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PAGE 

Doll's Knitted Shawl 171 

Doll's Knitted Hood 176 

Doll's Knitted Bean Bag 180 

How to Purl 180 

Doll's Knitted Sleeveless Sweater 185 

To Slip off Stitches Needed Later 186 

To Increase or Add a Stitch in Knitting 186 
Aviator Doll's Outfit — 

Knitted Helmet 196 

Knitted Wristlets 196 

Knitted Sleeveless Sweater 197 

Doll's Knitted Sports Sweater 201 

To Decrease Stitches in Knitting 202 

Little Crocheted Hat 206 

Doll's Crocheted Mittens 211 

Treble Crochet 228 

Infant Doll's Crocheted Outfit — 

Infant Doll's Crocheted Socks 228 

Infant Doll's Crocheted Cap 229 

Infant Doll's Crocheted Sacque, No. 1 230 

To Attach New Yarn 231 





Instructions 




PAGE 

Infant Doll's Crocheted Sacque, No. 2 232 
Afghan Stitch 234 

Infant Doll's Crocheted Cape and Hood 236 
Doll's Crocheted Coach Co\^r 239 

Coffee Bean Stitch 239 

Doll's Crocheted Sports Hat 240 

Doll's Crocheted Breakfast Cap 241 

Doll's Crocheted Garters 242 

Doll's Crocheted Shopping Bag 242 

Doll's Crocheted Sports Sweater 243 

Doll's Crocheted FLO^^'ER Basket 246 

Girl's Crocheted Hand Bag 248 

Crazy Stitch 248 

Baby's Crocheted Bootees 249 

Star Stitch 251 

Baby's Crocheted Ball 252 

Curly Stitch 252 

Lady's Crocheted Necklace 253 

How to IMake Button Balls 253 

Bead Stitch 254 

Lady's Crocheted Purse 255 

How to Make Picot Edging 255 




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PAGE 

Doll's Knitted Muff 257 

Doll's Knitted Boa or Stole 257 

Doll's Knitted Breakfast Shawl 259 

Doll's Knitted Sleeveless Silk Sweater.. .. 259 
How to Cast on Stitches with Knitting 

Needles 260 

The Continental Method of Knitting 262 

To Cast off Stitches 262 

Child's Knitted Sweater 262 

Lady's Knitted Sweater 263 

Red Cross Knitting 265 

Equipment 265 

General Directions 265 

Muffler 265 

Wash Cloth 267 

Sleeveless Sweater 267 

Knitted Helmet, No. 1 267 

Knitted Helmet, No. 2 268 

Wristlet, No. 1 268 

Wristlet, No. 2 268 

Medium-Sized Sock 268 

Bed Sock 270 

Hot Water Bottle Cover 270 





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Instructions 



Note. — The garments described in tliis book will fit 12- to 
16-inch dolls. 

It is impossible to give exact measurements, because few 
people crochet and knit with exactly the same "tension." 

In making garments for other than 12- to 16-inch doll it 
would be best to cut a paper pattern to fit the doll, and make the 
garments fit the pattern, following as far as possible the directions 
given in tliis book. 

Importaxt. — In order to learn to crochet and knit, the 
beginner should follow the directions, and make the garments, in 
the order given in the story part of the book. 

Do not try to understand the directions before doing the 
work. Learn one new thing at a time doing exactly as told. 
Advance step by step. 

In these directions woolen yams are used, but mercerized 
cotton yarns may be used in their place with good results. 




Colored Illustrations xiii 



LIST OF 
COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS 

See My New Sweater Frontispiece 

OPPOSITK 
PAGE 

Off to School 40 

Let Us Play Ball 72 

Going Shopping 104^ 

Baby Blue and Baby Pink 136 

Our Friends Teddy Bear and Airman 168 

Ready for Church 200 

Flowers for Mother 230 




E will teach her to knit," declared Mary 

Frances' grandmother's knitting needles 

proudly. They spoke together. 

When they did not speak together they always 

repeated what each other said. You see, they were 

twins. One was named ICnit and the other was 

named Knack. 

"And I will teach her to crochet," said the big 
crochet hook just as proudly. 

''Knitting is a much older art than crocheting," 
said Knit. 

"Knitting is a much older art than crocheting," 
repeated Knack. 

" Knit ! " exclaimed Crow Shay Hook. " It is not ! " 

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"How can you prove that?" asked Knit. 

"How can you prove that?" asked Knack. 

"Easily!" answered Crow Shay. "Crocheting is 
making knots. Knots were made by people before 
they ever thought of weaving. Knitting is a sort of 
weaving, you know. I^otting is not, you know." 

"To tell the honest truth," a new voice spoke, 
"I do not beHeve any of you know what you are 
talking about; but I could tell you a story — " and 
the big ball of yarn roUed over nearer the group of 
needles. 

"Oh, spare us, Wooley Ball!" begged all the 
needles. "We don't want to hear any more yarns." 

"It is easy to see," went on Wooley BaU, pre- 
tending not to notice their impoliteness, "that for 
most people crocheting is more easily learned than 
knitting. Therefore it seenas best that Crow Shay 
" should begin the lessons." 

"What's that?" The Yarn Baby suddenly sat 
up, her hair standing out straight on her head. It 
always stood up straight and stiff when she was 
excited. "You know very well, Wooley Ball, that I 
was chosen to direct these lessons." 




Knit and Knack 17 



''Please excuse me?" begged Wooley Ball. "I am 
always so interested in knitting and crocheting that 
sometimes I forget myself, I fear." 

The Yarn Baby's hair slowly settled back into 
place. She smoothed and patted it down carefuUy. 

"It so happens that I felt that Crow Shay had best 
commence the lessons," she said. 

Crow Shay glanced over at the Knitting Twins. 

"Get the hook!" laughed the Knitting Needles. 
"We shall have lots of fun Hstening to the crocheting 
lessons." 

"All right," cried Wooley Ball to Crow Shay; 
"let's get ready, Hookey. I'U chase you into the Red 
Cross knitting bag!" and away hopped Crow Shay, 
while the big ball rolled after him. Right down into 
the bottom of the big bag they landed and Crow Shay 
cuddled up close to Wooley Ball. 

"We shall have a splendid time with Miss Mary 
Frances, don't you think, Wooley Ball?" asked 
Crow Shay. 




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"Indeed we shall,"., said Wooley Ball warmly. CmSS kilit' 
"If we begin to have the fun the Thimble People had, il^^i^ totf 
we shall feel very happy." "-^ 




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OR a long time Wooley Ball and Crow 
Shay lay very stiU in the knitting bag, 
hoping that Mary Frances would soon 
come into the room. 

At length Crow Shay began to move about 
restlessly. 

"Do be quiet," whispered Wooley Ball softly. 
"If you don't stop jumping about, you'll punch a 
hole in the bag!" 

"I can't keep still," complained Crow Shay; my 
foot's asleep! My, how it hurts!" 

"How does it feel?" asked Wooley Ball, in 
sympathy. 

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''Just like tiny mosquito bites all over me which 
scratching won't help." 

"I guess you mean moth bites!" exclaimed Wooley 
Ball. 

"Will you two keep still?" said the Yarn Baby, 
tapping upon the knitting bag with her soft little 
fist. "I think that I hear footsteps." 

" Don't speak to me now, 
Don't speak to me never; 
And I will be quiet 
Forever and ever!" 

sang Crow Shay, poking his little round head up 
through the top of the bag. 

''Oh, are you going to be bad?" sighed the Yarn 
Baby. "Get down in there!" She pushed his head 
down into the bag and tied it shut. 

"Now, he's shut up," she said, settling down 
beside the bag, and smoothing her hair, which had 
begun to stand up. 

She was just in time, too, for as she finished putting 
the last strand in place the door opened, and- in 
stepped — Mary Frances' Aunt Maria! 




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Aunt Maria Steps In 



21 



''For the land's sake!" she exclaimed. "For the 
land's sake! So that is where Mary Frances left her 
knitting bag! I've hunted high and low for it. I 
never thought to look on the floor!" 

She sat down on Mary Frances' Httle rocking- 
chair and emptied Wooley Ball and Crow Shay on 
her lap. 

"Very well," she said, "these things will do to 
start with. I shaU begin her lessons to-night." 

Just as she put them back into the bag, she spied 
the Yarn Baby. 

"I'll put that siUy doll in, too," she said, tumbling 
the Yarn Baby into the bag and pulling the drawing- 
strings tight. 

Then she carried the bag downstairs and out on 
the porch, where Mary Frances sat in the porch swing 

reading a book YoolQrft 

It is high time, my dear, she said, that you , -^ 
learn to crochet and knit. To-night I shaU give you ^^^ Oirovr 
your j&rst lesson. 

"Oh, won't that be splendid. Aunt Maria?" cried 
the httle girl. "I do want to learn so much!" 

" It seems very strange to me that you do not know 





VoMt.that be spleindiid? 



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anything about such work," said her aunt. ''Why, 
I made your father learn how to knit when he was 
only six years old!" 

Mary Frances did not tell her Aunt Maria that 
her father had told her about those lessons, and how 
he had hated the work because, every time he made a 
mistake, his aunt would whack his chubby, clumsy 
little fingers with a ruler. 

You see, Aunt Maria was Mary^ Frances^ great- 
aunt, and was the aunt of her father also. Mary 
Frances' grandmother, the mother of Mary Frances' 
father, died when he was a little boy and his Aunt 
Maria had "brought him up." 

"Mother would Hke to teach me," said Mary 
Frances, "but " 

"Your mother was not brought up right," her 
aunt snapped. "What does she know about cro- 
cheting? She doesn't know star stitch from coffee- 
bean stitch, and as for knitting — I don't suppose she 
knows plain knitting from purling! Very queer! 
A very queer way to bring up a child!" 

"But, Aunt Maria, don't you remember? Mother 
fell and hurt her arm when she was httle and couldn't 




Aunt Maria Steps In 



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use it for such work for years/' said Mary Frances. 
" Even now it hurts her arm to try to crochet. That is 
what I commenced to tell you." 

"Oh, yes/' said Aunt Maria, ''I remember now. 
But your arm doesn't hurt, and you must learn to 
crochet and knit, my dear niece. You are so much 
like me anyway that you must Learn to crochet and 
knit well. Then you may grow up to be almost 
exactly hke me! Now, I must go set my bread. 
Nothing ever interferes with my program except sick- 
ness^or death. You must be hke me in that, too." 
And the old lady went down the path. 

At the gate she turned. ''Remember," she called 
''I'll be ready at seven o'clock." 




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H, dear," sighed Mary Frances. '^Oh, 
dear, how I wish there were crocheting 
and knitting people like the Kitchen 
People and the Thimble People — only that would be too 
good to be true." 

"Not at all, 
Not at all; 
Untie the bag 
And see us all," 

came a voice from the knitting bag which was beside 
Mary Frances in the swing just where Aunt Maria 
had laid it. She picked it up and untied the drawing- ''AL 
strings and up popped Crow Shay. 

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The bright sunlight made him blink as he looked 
around. 

" Good day, good day, 
To you we say — 
Yarn Baby, Wooley Ball 
And I, Crow Shay," 

sang the little fellow, as Mary Frances lifted them out. 

"Oh, can you aU talk?" she asked in delight. 
''Can they. Crow Shay?" 

"'Can they crochet?'" repeated Crow Shay, 
" 'Can they crochet?' Why, I don't think they can. 
They can only help. Crow Shay Hooks are the only 
ones who really can crochet!" 

"Oh, I see," said Mary Frances, even though she 
did not understand exactly what he meant. 

By this time the Yarn Baby's hair was standing 
on end. She looked so wild that Mary Frances pre- 
tended to be frightened and began to move away. 

"Do not be alarmed. Miss Mary Frances," said 
the Yarn Baby, trying to smooth down her hair. 
"My hair always stands out that way when I get 
excited. » I was afraid some one might overhear Crow 




'Do not be^ alarmed' 



Crow Shay Talks 



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Shay talking, and then all our lovely plans would be 
spoiled. Crow Shay always talks too much, anyhow. 
You might think that he was appointed to take 
charg-e of the lessons instead of me!" 

"Oh," said Mary Frances, ''I know what you 
wish to do! You want to give me secret lessons in 
crocheting and knitting just as the Kitchen People 
gave me lessons in cooking, and the Thimble People 
gave me lessons in sewing! I'll put you all back in 
the bag and carry you upstairs this minute, and I do 
hope that you will begin the lessons right away!" 




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ARY FRANCES opened the bag on the 
sewing table. 

"Is this the whole family? " she asked 
as she Hfted the Yarn Baby, Wooley Ball and Crow 
Shay out. 

"Oh, no, indeed! 
Oh, no indeed! 
Wait till the rest of us 
YouVe see'd," 

spoke up Crow Shay. 

Up flew the Yarn Baby's hair. 

" 'See'd,' indeed! 'See'd,' indeed! Do be more 

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polite, Crow Shay!" she exclaimed. ''Use correct 
grammar and give some one else a chance to speak!" 

Then she explained to Mary Frances about the 
large family of Crocheting and Knitting People who 
were so anxious to help her. 

"Oh, I can't wait to begin!" cried the delighted 
little girl. ''What do I do first? " 

"First you will a sUp knot make; 
Then in your right hand me you'll take — " 

began Crow Shay. 

"Now, now," exclaimed the Yarn Baby. "There 



you go agam 



"Oh, he loves to crow — " said Wooley Ball, 
laughing. 

"You mean that I love to crochet, Wooley Ball!" 
Crow Shay turned toward Wooley Ball. 

"Well, I think that Wooley Ball means that you 
love to crochet so much that when you get a chance, 
you love to crow about it!" said the Yarn Baby. 
"You do nof wait to give anyone else a chance to 
talk. Now, the very first person to explain lessons in 
crocheting and knitting is Wooley Ball." 




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'^ Because she can tell so many yarns!" giggled 
Crow Shay. 

Wooley Ball looked up at Mary Frances with a 
broad smile. 

''Do not mind him/' she said. ''If you are quite 
ready, we will have a little talk about — 

Different Yarns 

There are many different weights and sizes of woolen yarns. 
We shall need to know about only a few of these. 

All yarns are made of twisted strands of thread. The 
weight depends upon the number and size of the strands that _, 
are twisted together. CalfliCii' 

If two strands are twisted together, the yarn is two-fold. f*r/n\i^ r 

If three strands are twisted together, the yarn is three-fold. ^^^ ^ 






Vooley Ball lo@ked uf. 



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If four strands are twisted together, the yarn is four-fold. 
If you are uncertain of the "fold" of the yam you have, 
untwist a little piece and count the strands. 




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Names of Yarns 

Germantown Zephyr or Germantown Wool. A soft woolly 
yarn very much used where warmth is needed. 

Germantown wool comes in four-fold and eight-fold weights. 
Four-fold is the weight generally used. The eight-fold is too 
thick and heavy for most purposes. 

Knitting Worsted is somewhat like Germantown wool in 
weight, but is rather harsh to the touch, because the threads 
are made of long twisted fibers of wool. Garments made of 
knitting worsted will stand hard wear and usage. 

Saxony Wool. A soft yarn made of light-weight strands. 
Comes in two-fold, three-fold, and four-fold weights. 

The four-fold and two-fold are the weights most used. 
Saxony wool is much used for making garments for babies. 

Woolen Knitting Floss. A light-weight, loosely-twisted yam. 
Comes in single and double threads. 

Teazle Yam, or Teazle Wool, resembles knitting floss, but 
is rougher and harsher in finish. It is more often used for trim- 
ming than for making garments. 

Angora Wool is a hairy yarn used for trimming. It is made 
entirely of the soft silky hair of the Angora goat, or of a mixture 
of wool and Angora hair. It is so expensive that Teazle yarn is 




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much used in its stead. After the trimming is made, the Teazle 
yam is usually brushed until it is quite furry and fuzzy. 

There are many different makers of yarns. Each firm 
manufactures a variety of yarns under various fancy names. All 
manufacturers, however, make Germantown Wool, Knitting 
Worsteds, Saxony Wools, Woolen Flosses, and Teazle Wool. 





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HERE!" exclaimed Crow Shay as Wooley 
Ball finished. "There! Hasn't Wooley 
Ball long yarns to spin? " 
Mary Frances laughed. "You little chatterbox," 
she said, "I really believe that you are jealous!" 

"I certainly do love to talk," said Crow Shay; 
"but I admit I can't tell about yarns the way Wooley 
Ball can." 

Here the Yarn Baby interrupted. 
"If you will bring your chest of yarns, little Miss," 
she said, "we will soon see if you have all those differ- 
ent kinds of yarns." 

Mary Frances went to the closet, and brought 
the chest to the sewing table. 

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As she pulled out the bright-colored yarns, some 
small white balls fell on the table. 

''Oh, goody!" exclaimed Wooley Ball. "I see that 

you are not going to let the moths eat up your treasures. 

Moths hate camphor and moth balls. I just love them. " 

"Oh, I know about moths," said Mary Frances. 

"I learned a sad lesson about them. Once my aunt 

knit my doll a Httle " 

"Did you say Knit?" came a httle voice. 
"Did you say Knit?" came another little voice. 
qq "Who was that?" asked Mary Frances. 

Q ^ "Oh, that's only Knit and Knack, the Knitting 

QO Twins," answered Crow Shay. 

o He turned toward the table where they lay. 

"You two go to sleep again!" he said. "It's not 
o your turn yet." 

By this time the Yarn Baby looked hke a porcu- 
pine. Her hair stood out so straight and stiff that 
t-S.. Mary Frances was almost afraid to speak. 

"He will keep on until he will have to be pun- 
ished," whispered Wooley Ball. 

"Yes," said the Yarn Baby, "if he doesn't stop 
crowing so much I will not let him crochet." 



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That seemed to scare Crow Shay terribly, and he 
did not utter another sound, but Hstened with all his 
ears. 

''You were speaking of moths," Wooley Ball 
reminded Mary Frances. 

"Oh, yes — about the little coat which my aunt 
made for Angle, my doll. I used it all winter and in 
the summer I folded it and put it away in a little 
box. When the weather was cold again, and Angie 
needed it, I took it out of the box and what do you 
think happened?" 

"I know!" declared Wooley Ball. "I know what 
happened. The little coat fell to pieces when you 
picked it up. The moths had bitten it all over." 

"Yes, that's exactly what happened," said Mary 
Frances. "It taught me never to put anything made 
of wool away without camphor or moth balls." 





''The motli5 had Mtteini it ill mef 




Neitiy wound balb. 




OOLEY BALL and the Yarn Baby 

looked over the yarns that Mary Frances 

had put on the sewing table. 

"These are just right," said the Yarn Baby. 

"You have every kind of wool here that we shall 

need. Will you see that all the yarns are wound into 

very, very loose balls before your next lesson? " 

"Yes," promised Mary Frances, "I will wind them 
over my hand the way Aunt Maria does, so that the 
balls feel quite 'spongey/ I wish that all yarns 
came from the factories wound in balls, though ! " 

"You are not the first person to wish that," said 
the Yarn Baby. "Hanks and skeins are much 
harder for a child to manage than balls. Now, if 

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Wind Yarns Over the Hand 

you please, we will talk a few minutes about crochet 
hooks." 

Crow Shay rolled his eyes toward the Yarn Baby, 
but did not say a word. 

"Come, Crow Shay," said the Yarn Baby; "you 
may tell us about all your little and big relatives." 

Then Crow Shay began to tell about — 

Crochet Hooks and Knitting Needles 
Crochet hooks and knitting needles are made of bone, or 
celluloid (amber), or rubber, or wood. These are usually made in 
sizes from to 15, size being the smallest. 




''Come, Crow Siia: 




OFF TO SCHOOL 

For Directions for Making Knitted Articles Shown in this Illustration See 

Crocheted Scarf — 69 Crocheted Garters--242 Hair Pin Ball — 107 

Crocheted Turban (Hat) — 99 CRO(HRTKr> Book Bag — 118 



Crow Shay's Relatives 



41 



Crochet hooks and knitting needles are also made of steel. 
Steel crochet hooks usually come in sizes from to 14.* Size 
is quite large. Size 14 is very small. Steel knitting needles 
are usually numbered from 8 to 20. Size 8 is large. Size 20 
very fine. 

Steel hooks and needles are generally used for making articles 
of cotton thread, and needles made of bone, celluloid, rubber or 
wood are generally used for wool work. 



"I will give you a gauge card to measure the 
sizes of crochet hooks and knitting needles/' finished 
Crow Shay. 

"Oh, thank you/' said Mary Frances, helping 
Crow Shay take a card out of the knitting bag. "Now 
I shall feel very much better acquainted with your 
whole family." 

"Take good care of the picture," said Crow 
Shay. "You may often want to look at it."t 

* There is unfortunately no standard of measure for crochet hooks and knitting needles. 
Various manufacturers number them differently. This scale is used here for convenience only. 

t To find size of crochet needles, lay the hooks flat against the circles. To find the size of 
knitting needles, lay the needles (not the points) against the circles. 




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I 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. 11 IT 11 II 29 



5.izea forfaiittiR^amdcrocfiet necdka. 




UST then the gong sounded for dinner. 
''What!" exclaimed the little girl. 
"Is it six o'clock already? Why, I had 
no idea how time had flown!" 

"You must have enjoyed hearing me talk," said 
Crow Shay. Then, noticing the Yarn Baby's hair, 
he corrected himself. 

"I mean, you must have enjoyed hearing us 
talk," he said. 

Then there came footsteps on the stairs. 
" Mary Frances, didn't you hear the gong? Mother 
sent me to look for you," called the little girl's brother 
Billy. "Where are you, anjrway?" he asked as he 
bounded up the steps. 

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He correct' 




"What! l)iirm£r tiione ilremiv!" 



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"Mercy!" exclaimed Crow Shay under his breath, 
as his face melted away. 

Wooley Ball rolled over on her face. 

The Yarn Baby fell over on her side and looked as 
dumb as a dumb-bell. 

"I'm coming," called Mary Frances. "I'U be 
right down." 

" Oh, do not let anyone know about us," muttered 
the Yarn Baby. "If you do, we'll be deader than 
sixty cofRn nails." 

"I'll never teU about any of you, dear Yarn Baby," 
whispered Mary Frances, hurrying away. 

She had scarcely finished her dinner before her 
aunt came in. 

"Seven o'clock," said the old lady, after greeting 
the family; "seven o'clock is the time I said we would 
start our lesson, Mary Frances. Are you nearly 
ready?" 

Poor Mary Frances! She felt hke crying when 
she thought of how Crow Shay, and Wooley BaU and 
the Yarn Baby had been planning to give her lessons. 

"Are you nearly ready?" repeated Aunt Maria. 

"Why, yes, Aunt Maria. I will be ready as soon 




'Deader tltE sixty coffin raibo" 



A Disappointment 45 

as I get my knitting bag. I carried it upstairs," she 
answered. 

"I'll wait for you right here at the foot of the 
stairs," said her aunt. "Then we will go over to my 
house where no one will interrupt us." 

"Oh, dear," thought Mary Frances. "I don't 
want to go! I guess I shall have to, though. It would 
disappoint Aunt Maria so dreadfully if I did not." 

Mary Frances paused at the door of the room, 
thinking that she might hear her new friends talking, 
but there wasn't a sound. 

"Let me see — what shall I take?" she thought. 
"I don't dare take the Yarn Baby. Aunt Maria 
would think it foolish. I do not want to take Wooley 
Ball for fear Aunt Maria will use her. I can take 
Crow Shay, though. He might enjoy the lesson!" 

She selected some Germantown zephyr and put 
it into her knitting bag; then she carefully laid Crow 
Shay in. 

"You will help me a lot," she said as she drew up 
the strings. 

Her aunt was waiting for her. She ran to kiss her 
mother good-bye, then hurried off with the old lady. 





)ke drew up the strings 




did ahe^et off?" 




ET me see what you have in your bag, 
child," said Aunt Maria, as soon as they 
were seated in the big old-fashioned par- 
lor of the old lady's house. 

Mary Frances opened the bag. To her surprise 
Crow Shay winked an eye at her, but his face melted 
away before Aunt Maria saw it. 

She caught up the crochet hook, however, and 
examined it. 

''A very good crochet hook," she said. "Just 
right to learn with. About a number 5, I judge," 
looking at it carefully. 

She laid it down on the table, and took up Mary 
Frances' ball of yarn, and showed her how. 

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48 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

To Make Chain Stitch 
Material: Germantown wool. Bone crochet needle No. 5. 

Cut* 1 
Hold crochet hook and yarn in positions shown in this picture. 

Cut 2 
Pointing the hook away from you, turn it completely around, 
bringing a loop on the needle. 

Cut 3 
With thumb and second finger of left hand take hold of the 
crossed threads. Now point the hook under the yarn, and 
catch it on the hook. This is called "wrapping" the yarn. 

Cut 4 
Pull a loop through the loop which was on the needle. 

Cut 5 
Pull the loop closer up on the hook, ana]]j 

Cut 6 
Get ready to take another stitch. 



Cut 7 
"mCrL Wrap, and draw another loop through the loop on the needle. 

Cut 8 
Keep on drawing loops through the stitches in this way until 
you have made quite a long row of chain stitches. 

*CtU means picture. 




Draw loop throij^k 




PLATE 1 — Motion Pictures Showing How to Make Chain Stitch 
See Description, Page 48 



A Doll's Necklace 49 

This time Mary Frances thought Crow Shay 
grinned at her. Then his face melted away, leaving 
nothing but the upturned line of his grin. 

"My," thought the Httle girl, "if he keeps on, I 
shall be sure to laugh;" but she paid strict attention 
to what her aunt told her. 

"To begin with," said Aunt Maria, "everybody 
who learns to crochet must learn how to naake chain 
stitch. • In order to learn how to make chain stitch 
you must do just as I have already shown you." 

Mary Frances tried again and again and was able 
at length to make chain stitch very well. She knew 
that Crow Shay helped her. 

"Even though I seldom played with dolls when I 
was young,". said her aunt, "I believe that I can show 
you how to make some pretty necklaces for dolls by 
using this stitch. I used to make them and give them 
to my friends for their dolls." 

"Oh, how. Aunt Maria?" cried Mary Frances, 
deHghted with the thought. "I'd just love to make 
one for Mary Marie!" 

"Perhaps in this way," said her aunt, giving her 
directions for making— 





, kow, Aimt Maria?' 



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bead^ 



Doll's Crocheted Necklace 

Material : Pink or light blue or yellow Germantown zephyr. 
Six glass beads with large stringing holes. 

Needle: Bone crochet hook No. 5. 

Directions: Leaving an end of about 3 inches, make a length 
of about 60 chain stitches. 

When fastening off the work, leave a 3-inch end of yarn. 

Thread a long-eyed needle with the end of yarn hanging from 
one end of necklace, and string three beads upon it. Fasten end 




A Boll's leckkce 




PLATE 2 — Motion Pictures Showing How to Make Single Ckochet 
See Description, Page 51 



A Doll's Necklace 



51 



of yarn securely into the end chain stitch. Do the same to the 
other end of the necklace. 

Tie the two ends of the necklace together around doll's neck. 

''Oh, won't that be lovely for Mary Marie!" 
exclaimed Mary Frances. ''I shall make one for her 
to-morrow. Thank you, Aunt Maria." 

''Probably you will," said her aunt. "You cer- 
tainly do learn quickly — just like me. You certainly 
are very much like me. I always learned such things 
quickly." 

"Now," she continued after a Httle pause, "now, 
watch me, and learn how — 

To Make Single Crochet 
Material: Germantown wool. Bone crochet hook No. 5. 

Make a row of 15 chain stitches. 

Cut 1 — Put the hook through the second chain stitch from 
the needle. (That is, skip one chain stitch.) 

Cut 2 — Draw a loop through the chain stitch, and wrap the 
yarn over the hook, and 

Cut 3 — PuU a loop through the two loops on the needle. 

Cut 4 — Keep on working in this way until you have made a 
row of single crochet stitches. 




leara 



quilt, 




,voM tkat ht lovdy!" 



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To Turn the Work 

In making the second row (on top of the first row) make 1 
chain stitch to use in turning; that is, make 1 chain stitch, and 
holding the needle still in the right hand, turn the work over to 
the wrong side so that the row just made points in the same 
direction as the needle. It is always necessary to use chain stitches 
in turning crochet work — to keep the edges even. 

Put the hook through under both threads at the top of the 
next stitch (See "A" in the picture) and make a single crochet 
stitch. Continue to make single crochet stitches across the row. 

To Make Double Crochet 

Material: German town wool. Bone crochet hook No. 5. 

Make a row of 15 chain stitches. 

Wrap the yarn over the needle, and put hook through the 
third chain stitch from the needle. (That is, skip 2 chain stitches.) 

Draw a loop through the chain stitch, and wrap yarn over 
hook. 

Pull a loop through 2 of the loops on the needle. 




Croelh^t Cotton. 



A Doll's Necklace 



53 




Double Crochet 

Wrap again and pull a loop through the 2 loops on the 
needle. Finish the row; turn the work; and make another row of 
double crochet stitches. 

To Make Slip Stitch 

Make 15 chain stitches. Skip one chain. Put the hook 
through the next chain stitch; wrap yarn over needle, and draw 
it through both loops on the needle. Continue to make slip 
stitches to end of chain. Turn the work, and make a second row. 

As you may guess, Mary Frances had very little 
trouble in making these stitches, for Crow Shay 
was a wonderful help. 








!lmiLn 
Stitek 



54 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

"You are certainly (juick at learning these stitches, 
ray dear niece," said her aunt. "I think — I really 
think that j^ou have learned them even more quickly 
than I did." 

"I wonder what Aunt Maria would say if she 
knew about Crow Shay," thought IMary Frances; but 
she only smiled, and kept on making single crochet 
stitches. 

''That is all for to-night's lesson," said her aunt. 
"It is nearly your bedtime. I will walk home with 
you." 




ook up tk(E Jball ofyara, 




HE minute Mary Frances saw her mother 
she knew that something was wrong, for 
she looked so white and worried. In her 
hand was a yellow envelope. 

"A telegram!" exclaimed Mary Frances. "Mother 
dear, is — is it — about father?" 

"Oh, Mary Frances," said her mother. "I am 
so thankful to see you and Aunt Maria! I was just 
looking for Billy to send word for you to come." 

"Do sit doAvn, child," said Aunt Maria, '^and tell 
us all about it. Mary Frances, bring your mother a 
glass of water, and here — ^liere is my bottle of smelling 
salts." 

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Mary Frances flew to bring the water. 

Then Aunt T^Iaria read the telegram. 

''Your father has been hurt in a railroad accident, 
my dear," she said. ''Your mother and I must start 
to him immediately^ I will go pack my bag. You 
can help your mother get ready. I shall be back in a 
very short time. Billy wiR carry our bags to the 
train. Your mother is feeling better, or I would not 
leave j^ou. Good-bye." 

And -without any more ado the old ladj^ was gone. 

Mary Frances put her arms around her mother's 
neck. 

"Dear little girl," said her mother. "You will 
be brave and womanl}", I know." 

."Yes, mother, I \^'ill!" said INIary Frances. "I 
will help 3^ou in every way I can. That is the best 
way of helping father. Come on upstairs, dear, and 
Aunt Mllil ^^^ ^^ ^^^P y^^ set ready to go to him. Do you feel 
||. able to go?" 

"It is the very thing I want to do most of all. I 
am glad that Aunt Maria is going \Nith me, though. 
I know I shall find her a wonderful help." 

Mary Frances packed her mother's suitcase, and 





" Dear little^irl 



A Telegram 



57 



fastened her dress, and buttoned her shoes, and put 
her hat and veil on. "Just as if I were your little 
girl," said her mother. ''What a darling comfort 
you are, my dear!" 

Billy and Mary Frances went to the station with 
their mother and aunt. Billy carried their luggage 
and bought their tickets. *'No grown man could 
have done better," said his mother; and even Aunt 
Maria praised him. 

"Now, children," said their mother, giving them 
their last directions, "Katie will be home about ten 
o'clock. You had better wait up for her. Poor, 
faithful soul, she will be as grieved as any of us about 
the sad news." 

"But it isn't such sad news as it might be, 
mother," said Billy. "Father will soon be well, we 
hope." 

"With the kind of nursing which I — I mean we — 
will give him," said Aunt Maria, "I expect he will 
be about quite soon." 

That speech cheered everybody, and the children 
felt so hopeful that they were nearly happy as the 
train pulled out of the station. 





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Tome 
iie 



111 



The house seemed pretty empty and lonesome when 
they went in. 

*'Let*s play checkers/' said Billy; and they forgot 
a httle of their troubles in the game. 

It was not long before they heard footsteps on the 
porch. Then the bell rang. 

''Oh, Billy, aren't j'ou afraid to go to the door?" 
whispered Mary Frances. 

''Afraid!" exclaimed Billy, "^^^lat's there to be 
scared of? You know it's Katie, most Ukely." 

But INIary Frances noticed that he kept the toe 
of his shoe against the door, and opened it only a 
little way. 

"Is it you, Katie?" he asked. 

"It sure is," answered Katie. "That is, it's meself 
if I know meself." 

"Oh, come in, come on in, Katie," cried Mary 
Frances; and with, tears running do^Ti her cheeks, 
she told Katie the whole story. 

"Poor httle girl!" said Katie, holding her in her 
arms. "Don't you ^\olTy. We'll probably hear 
good news from your mother in the morning. Come 
now, let's all go to bed." 




"It eure rv>: 



A Telegram 59 



Katie was right. The morning brought another 
telegram. It said: 

Father is not dangerously hurt. Will write about 
everything. 

Mother. 

''Oh, Katie! Oh, Billy!" cried Mary Frances. 
''I am the thankfulest of all thankful children in the 
world, I guess. I feel happy enough to kiss a crow!" 

''Well, I'm thankful enough to play a game of 
ball," said Billy, starting off. 

"And I'm thankful enough — to clean house," said 
Katie. 

Mary Frances offered to help her, but Katie said, 
"Oh, you just keep to your own knitting, little girl. 
If I need you I'll caU upon you, thank you." 

"The very thing!" thought Mary Frances and 
went upstairs. telegfl 





TheTery thiMj' 




"lou ViUii^^pr£TC 




OW SIIAY was peeping out of the 
nitting bag. 

''I told them all about it," said he. 

"I told all about how well you learned your stitches." 

"If you hadn't helped me," Mary Frances said; 

"if I hadn't had such a kind, helpful friend, I never 

would have done as well as I did." 

"Not for to-day, 
But every day, 
I'll be your little friend, 
Crow Shay," 

promised the httlc fellow, again breaking into rhyme. 
"So will aU of us," said the Yarn Baby. 

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62 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

''Isn't that lovely!" Mary Frances exclaimed. 
"Now that Aunt Maria is away " 

"Oh, did she got off?" asked Wooley Ball. 

"Yes; she's off," said Crow Shay. "She's off— 
and she's awful!" 

"Oh, for shame!" cried Mary Frances. 

"I meant to teach you the stitches myself," mut- 
tered Crow Shay. "That's why I said she was 
awful." 

"You must not speak in that way of any of my 
friends," said ]\Iary Frances. "Aunt ]\Iaria is very 
good to me. She even told me how to make a neck- 
lace for my doll." 

"Is that all she told you how to make for your 
doll?" asked the Yarn Baby, sitting up suddenly. 

"Why, 3Ts; j'ou see I do not know how to make 
many different kinds of stitches 3'et," said !Mary 
Frances. 

"She knows how to make chain stitch, shp stitch, 
^.r single crochet and double crochet," said Crow Shay. 

"Well, if you know that much," went on the Yarn 
Baby, "we can teach you how to make lots of things 
for 3'our doll, if 3'ou will just follow our directions." 




'Oh,didshejetofi?' 



Making Plans 



63 



''Won't that be splendid!" Mary Frances was 
delighted. "I can begin right away," she said. 

"Mary Marie needs so many things," she went on. 
''I do wish that the child had all the nice warm things 
she needs." 

''How large is she?" asked the Yarn Baby. 

"Not quite sixteen inches tall," replied Mary 
Frances. "I would bring her in from the playroom, 
but I want to surprise her if I make anything for h(!r." 

"Of course," said Wooley Ball. "We understand 
that." 

"Yes," said the Yarn Baby, "and we will make 
everything just the right size for her. How would 
you like to make her a scarf to wear around her neck 
when it is cold?" 

"Why — could I make a scarf with just the few 
kinds of stitches that I know how to make?" asked 
Mary Frances in surprise. 

"Indeed you could, and indeed you can," laughed 
Wooley Ball. "It is splendid to think of your having 
so many beautiful yams," she added. 

"Yes," said Mary Frances, "my grandma sent 
me all she had. She kept the yarns which were left 




<sgi^ dL« 




How larife' ia alie?" 



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Cro¥ Shp 



over from her work for years. Some of them are 
lovely. I meant to have them all wound into balls 
for this lesson, but I haven't had time to do it." 

She opened the httle chest, and you can imagine 
her surprise when she saw only neatly wound balls, 
instead of loose odds and ends and hanks and skeins of 
yarn. 

"Why, who in the wide world did this?" she 
exclaimed. 

"It makes me sigh 
To say, 'Not I,'" 

sang Crow Shay. 

"I am afraid it would make you die not to say 
anything," said Wooley Ball. 

"Oh, Wooley BaU 
Knows best of all 
How to make yarns 
Into a ball," 

sang Crow Shay, laughing. 

"How did you ever do it. Wooley Ball?" asked 
Mary Frances. "I do thank you so much." 




Making Plans 



65 



"Wooley Ball is in charge of all the yarns," the 
Yarn Baby explained. ^'They all obey her." 
"When I say, 

'AU, all 
Go into a ball,' 



they wind themselves," said Wooley Ball. 

"Did you ever go to a ball?" asked Crow Shay. 
"I have. I've gone to a ball, and I've used it all up. 
Oh, I am a grand ball player!" 

"You are too silly for words sometimes," said the 
Yarn Baby. "Now you will soon have a chance to 
show how you play ball!" 




Ill, Ml 



a 



bair^^ 




You are too iil 



h..v 




Mary Marie, 




HAT color would you like to use for Mary 
Marie's scarf, little Miss?" asked the 
Yarn Baby. 
''I think this is pretty/' answered Mary Frances, 
lifting a ball of rose-colored Germantown zephyr. 

''Mary Marie arose, arose, 
'A rose,' she cried, 'A rose 
Scarf, I propose,' " 

said Crow Shay. 

"Will you keep still!" screamed the Yarn Baby, 
her hair standing out in all directions. At least sheHMT^^^ 
tried to scream, but her voice sounded like a zephyr =^ 

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" ¥1113^0111 keep ^till ! " 



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wind. "You are so full of mischief, I don't see how 
you will do any work to-daj^," she added. 




^^^. 







"^^^jb 



I love to work, 
I never shirk, 
Nor do I jerk my 

w^ork 
"Wlien I do w^ork," 



sang Crow^ Shay. 

"You generally 
do work pretty well," 
admitted the Yarn 
Bab}^, "but you are 
prettj^ slow some- 
times." 

''We haven't 
been very fast about 
getting those direc- 
tions," said Crow 
Shay. 

'^""^" The Yarn Baby 

took the hint and gave the directions for — 






*'1biii vork^^jpreRy veil" 



A Rose Scarf 69 



Doll's Crocheted Scarf 

(See picture opposite page 40 — color plate) 

Material: Rose color, or blue four-fold German town zephyr. 
Gray Germantown zephyr for trimming. 
Bone crochet hook No. 5. 

Directions : 

1. With the rose or blue wool, make 7 chain stitches. Turn 
the work. 

2. Skip 1 chain stitch. Make 6 single crochet stitches into 
the 6 chain stitches. (See picture of single crochet stitch, 
opposite page 51.) 

3. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning for the next row of 
stitches; that is, after having the chain stitch on the needle, 
turn the work over, and work on the other side. 

4. Make 62 rows of single crochet stitches, putting the 
crochet hook through the 2 threads or loops at the top of each 
stitch of the row below. 

5. Break off the yarn, and fasten the end by making a chain 
stitch and pulling the yarn all the way through the chain stitch. 

To Make Fringe 
(See picture on page 70) 

1. Cut 2 strands of gray wool, making each 3 inches long. 
Lay them together, side by side. 

2. Put hook through the first stitch on one end of the scarf. 






ilow TO Make Fringe 



A Rose Scakf 71 



Catch the 2 strands of gray yarn in the middle. Pull part way 
through the stitch. 

3. Throw the 4 ends of wool over the hook and pull them 
all tlie way through the loop on the needle. 

4. Take hold of the 4 ends of gray wool with the finger and 
thumb of your right hand, holding scarf between first finger and 
thumb of left hand with thmnb close to the loop of the fringe. 
Pull gray yarn until the loop is tight. 

Always pull the fringe through from the same side of the work. 

5. Continue making fringe all across the two ends of the scarf. 

Mary Frances worked hard, and Crow Shay 
helped with all his might, but the Httle girl's fingers 
seemed very awkward. 

"Little Miss, you are doing nicely, but you pull the 
yarn too tight," said the Yarn Baby, who was watch- 
ing her work most carefully. 

Mary Frances noticed how smooth her hair looked. 
She knew the Yarn Baby was not displeased. 

''I know I hold my work tight," she said. "My 
fingers just won't let go of the yarn." fll^tened 

-r* "If you are inchned to make your stitches too 
tight, use a larger crochet hook," said the Yarn Baby. 

Crow Shay looked so frightened that Mary Frances 
wanted to laugh; but she was afraid that if she did it 





l(ou pull ^tyain, too ti^kt. 



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would hurt his feehngs, so she only said, ''I think that 
I can manage better soon." 

''If your work curls up w^hen you have finished," 
said the Yarn Baby, "lay it under a damp cloth or 
a damp towel over night. T\Tien it is dry it W'ill be 
quite smooth." 

"Dampness alw^ays takes the curl out of my hair," 
laughed Mary Frances, w^orking away. 

The Crochet People helped whenever she made a 
mistake, and the Yarn Baby repeated the directions 
when she asked about them. She had not quite 
finished the scarf w^hen Katie called her to lunch. 



a. 
damp dotk 




Katie called Iter to Iiifidt. 






LET VS PLAY BALL 
For Directions for Makinc Knitted Articles Shown in this Illustration Skk 
Crocheted Shawl — ^75 

Knitted Sports Sweater — -01 



Knitted Shawl — 171 
C'rochet-:d Sports Hat — 240 




FTER helping Katie with the lunch 
dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again. 

''How glad we are! 
How glad we are! 
We heard you coming 
From afar!" 



sang Crow Shay as she entered the room. 

''We were afraid that you might not come again 
to-day," said the Yarn Baby. 

"Not come!" exclaimed Mary Frances. "Why, it 'ji . ^^| i 
would be punishment for me not to have these lovely ^ ^. „ 

lessons." \re^Mtl 

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Not come! 



74 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

Picking up Crow Shay, she finished putting the 
fringe on the scarf. 

''Isn't it lovely!" she cried. ''I want you all to 
see how sweet Mary Marie looks in it." 

"Oh, let her nap. 

Please let her nap, 
Until you make — 
A little cap!" 

said Crow Shay. 

"A cap?" asked the little girl. "Why, Crow 
Shay, do you think I can ever make her a cap?" 

"Yes, indeed," answered the Yarn Baby. "We 
have planned that for a lesson to come soon." 

"And we do not want to see your Polly — I mean 
your dolly — until you have the set made; that is, a 
Ok, let cap and scarf. Then you can show us how she looks 

htV HapT in them," added Crow Shay. 

"Oh, all right," said Mary Frances, "that will be 
a much dehghtfuller surprise for Mary Alarie, anyhow. 
I will work hard, and try to make the cap soon." 

"Before doing that, you need a little more practice 
in plain work," said the Yarn Baby; "so how would 




Mary Marie's Shawl 



75 



you like to make a pretty little shawl for your 
doll?'' 

'^That is exactly what she has needed this very 
long while," declared Mary Frances. 

"That's good," said the Yarn Baby. "Wooley 
Ball, what yarn have you planned for us to use for 
the shawl?" she asked. 

''Two shades of light blue knitting floss/' answered 
Wooley Ball proudly. "The floss will make such a 
pretty, soft shawl." 

"Are you ready to begin?" asked the Yarn Baby 
as Mary Frances picked up the lighter blue floss and 
Crow Shay. 

"Yes," replied Mary Frances, "all ready." But 
she wondered whether Crow Shay were not too coarse 
a hook to use for the floss. 

"Now," said the Yarn Baby, "you will hear about 
the way to make a — 




"That's 



Doll's Crocheted Shawl 

(See picture opposite page 72 — color plate) 

Be sure to make the Doll's Scarf, page 69, before attemptiD 
this work. 




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Material: Light blue (double) wool floss. Deeper shade of 
blue wool floss for trimming. 

Bone crochet hook No. 3. 
Directions : 

1. Make 23 chain stitches with light blue floss. 

2. Skip 1 chain stitch. Make 22 single crochet stitches. 

3. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning. 

4. Make 4 rows of light blue floss, putting hook through 
the 2 loops at the top of each stitch in the row below. Break 
off the lighter floss and join the end with the deeper blue floss. 




Use 



To Join Ends of Yarn in Crocheting 

(a) Tie ends of yarn together. See picture below. 

(b) When the work is finished, thread the ends of yarn into 
a long-eyed "crewel" or darning needle, and run the ends back 
into the work. 

5. Make 2 rows of the deeper blue floss. 



m/ 





Rua the eiads into the vork. 



Mary Marie's Shawl 77 

6. Make 50 rows of light blue floss. 

7. Make 2 rows of deeper blue floss. 

8. Make 4 rows of light blue floss. 

9. Break off floss and fasten end securely. 
10. Trim shawl with fringe. 
In Making the Fringe: Cut 4 strands of floss each 3 

inches long. Draw strands through stitches in the same way 
as in making the fringe on Doll's Scarf. 

"Oh, how I wish I could work faster/' thought 
Mary Frances, starting to work. "I do not beheve 
Crow Shay is the right size for this work anyhow." 

''I am not," said Crow Shay, as though reading her 
thoughts. " I am too large ! " 

" Oh ! " exclaimed Mary Frances. " Oh ! " 

''Oh, never mind, ® 
Fve had my turn; 

I commenced i ^IM tOO 

To help you learn," liT^ ! " 

sang Crow Shay generously. 

''And aren't you going to help me any more?" 
asked Marv Frances. 




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Flew! 



"Oh, do not sigh, 
And do not cry; 
Some one will help you 
Better than I," 

the little fellow sang again. 

"Some one better than you!" exclaimed Mary 
Frances. ""\ATiy, all of you just suit me!" 

"Not if you knew. 
Not if you knew, 
Our fairy teacher. 
Fairly Flew," 

went on Crow Shay. 

"Fairly Flew!" called the Yarn Baby. 

"Tinkle! tinkle! tinkle !" came the silvery sound of 
clicking knitting needles from Mary Frances' little chest. 

"Did some one call me?" asked a still more silvery 
voice. 

"Yes," answered the Yarn Baby, "a dear little 
girl who is trying to learn how to crochet and knit 
needs you. She has worked so patiently that she 
deserves your help." 




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sooner had the Yarn Baby finished 
speaking than out of the chest there flew 
a fairy! 

She was so dainty and beautiful that Mary Frances 
felt that she would never dare to touch her. 

Her dress was made of some silvery cobwebby 
stuff and she wore a golden cap. 

"My name is Fairly Flew/' she said, flying over 
on the table near to Mary Frances. ''I love to help 
people who try to learn. I am the teacher of the 
Crocheting and Knitting People. If I lend you one 
of my magic needles, your work will go so fast that 
you will say that the needle fairly flew. ' That is how 
I came to, be called Fairly Flew." 

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"Oh!" whisper-ed Mary Frances, ''another wonder- 
ful helper from Fairyland!" 

"Yes," laughed the silvery voice of Fairly Flew. 
"Ready to help, always ready to help those who 
try, try, try again. How can I help you?" 

"If you please — " began the Httle girl. "If you 
please — " but she could seem to get no further. 

Here the Yarn Baby spoke. All the Crocheting 
and Knitting People had risen when Fairly Flew 
arrived. Now, to Mary Frances' astonishment, the 
Yarn Baby, who had always been the limpest of dolls, 
picked up Mary Marie's little rocking-chair which was 
on the sewing table and placed it near the fairy. 

"Please take a seat," she said, "for we need help, 
dear Fairly Flew, in making the doll's shawl." 

"Oh, is that so?" laughed Fairly Flew. Then she 
put her hand down into her cobwebby pocket and 
pulled out a silver crochet hook with a handle only 
about an inch long. 

She handed the crochet hook to Mary Frances. 

"Take hold of its head and its heel, and pull," 
she said. 

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was very much pleased to find that when she did, the 
crochet hook became nearly as long as Crow Shay. 

"Finish your work with my needle/' directed 
Fairly Flew. 

Mary Frances was astonished at what happened. 
No sooner did she start to make a row of stitches 
than the magic crochet needle darted ahead of her 
fingers and finished the row in a twinkle of an eye. 

In about sixty twinkles the little shawl was 
finished. 

"Oh," gasped Mary Frances, "Oh, isn't it wonder- 
ful?" and she held it up for all to admire. 

"Put it away, my dear," said Fairly Flew. "I 
do not have very long to stay. A few hours a day is 
all the time I have for any mortal. So let us get 
everything done that we can." 




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HAT comes next?" Fairly Flew asked 
the Yarn Baby. 

Next/' answered the Yarn Baby, 
''we planned to show the little Miss how to make 
another scarf for Mary Marie." 

"Mary Marie hasn't two necks/' whispered Crow 
Shay. 

"Hush!" warned Wooley Ball as she noticed the 
Yarn Baby's hair begin to rise. "You will get into 
trouble if you don't!" 

"There will be caps or hats made to match the 
little scarfs/' went on the Yarn Baby, turning to Mary 
Frances. "You will know how to make this scarf as ^^^^ 
soon as you hear the directions: 

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Doll's Crocheted Wool Floss Scarf 
(See picture opposite page 104 — color plate) 
Be sure to make Doll's Shawl, page 75, before attempting 
to make this scarf. 

Material: Old rose wool floss. Gray floss for trimming. 

Bone crochet hook No. 3 

Directions : 

1. With rose floss make 13 
chain stitches. 

2. Skip 1 chain stitch, and 
make 12 single crochet stitches. 

3. Make 1 chain stitch to use 
in turning. 

4. Putting hook through the 
2 loops at the top of stitches just 
made, make 4 rows of the old rose 
floss. 

^ ^ , 5. Make 2 rows of the gray 

^Pp|5;H^^, floss. 

■ v' -'■ 6. ISIake 2 rows of the old 

rose floss. 

7. Make 2 rows of gray floss. 
Make 90 rows of the old rose floss. 
Make 2 rows of the gray floss. 
Make 2 rows of the rose floss. 
Make 2 rows of the gray floss. 




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12. Make 4 rows of the rose floss. Break off yarn and fasten. 
Trim ends of scarf with fringe. 

Make the fringe exactly Hke fringe on ends of Doll's Scarf, 
page 70. 

Mary Frances lound the old rose and gray flosses, 
and set about making the scarf. It was very little 
trouble, for the magic needle darted ahead just as in 
making the shawl, and very soon the little scarf was 
finished. i 

''Isn't it pretty?" cried Mary Frances. "How 
happy I shall be to make the caps or hats. Do they 
come next?" 

"No," answered the Yarn Baby, "not yet." 

"I wiU tell you why," said Fairly Flew. "It is 
because they would be too difficult for you to 
make now. You must learn to make the simplest 
things first. Then you will climb right up in the 
work." 

"She hasn't made anything in double crochet 
stitch," Crow Shay whispered to Wooley Ball. 

"I know," whispered Wooley Ball. "Wouldn't it 
be nice if she could make her dolly a warm petticoat 
with double crochet stitch?" 





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''Indeed it would," Crow Shay whispered again. 
"I often wish I had one." 

^^Had what?" asked Wooley BaU. 

''A petticoat, of course/' Crow Shay answered. 

"That is just what comes next," said the Yarn 
Baby, overhearing, ''and I will give the directions at 
once. 




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Doll's Crocheted Petticoat 
(See pictures on pages 86 and 87) 

Made by working round and round from top downward. 

Material : White wool floss. 

Bone crochet hook No. 2. 

Directions : 

1. Make 48 chain stitches. 

2. Join the last chain stitch to the first chain stitch with a 
slip stitch. (See picture below — A.) 




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etticoat. 




A B 

3. Make 3 chain stitches. 

4. Put 1 double crochet stitch (see page 53) into each chain 
stitch. Join the last double crochet stitch with the top of the 
3 chain stitches (see direction number 3, above) with a slip stitch. 
This makes the first row of stitches. (See picture above— B.) 

5. Second row: Make 3 chain stitches, and make 1 double 
crochet in each stitch of first row putting hook under both threads. 
Join, as in first row. 




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How to "Increase'^ in Crocheting 

6. Third row : Make in same way as second row, but increase, 
or widen, the petticoat by putting 2 double crochet stitches in 
every sixth stitch. ^' 

7. Fourth row: Like third row. 

8. Fifth row: Like third row. 

9. Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh rows: 
Like second row — that is, with no widening or increasing. 

10. Twelfth and last row: "Increase," by putting 2 double 
crochet stitches in every sixth stitch. 

Trim bottom of petticoat with scallops 



1. 



To Make the Scallops 
Put 1 single crochet stitch in the first double crochet 



stitch made on the tenth row. 

2. Make 2 chain stitches. 
f 3. Put 3 double crochet 
stitches in the same stitch 
where the 1 single crochet 
stitch was put. 

4. Skip 2 double crochet 
stitches in the last row of dou- 
ble crochet stitches of the pet- 
ticoat. Put 1 single crochet 
into the third stitch. 










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5. Make 2 chain stitches. 

6. Put 3 double crocliet stitches into the same stitch as the 
single crochet. 

Continue in same way until scallops are made all around the 
petticoat. 

Fasten the petticoat at waist with a runner. 

To Make the Runner 
1. Cut a piece of floss about 1^ yards long. 





2. Fold it in the middle, and with the doubled floss, make 
^11^^ a long chain of chain stitches. 

■^^^ 3. Putting the crochet hook through the stitches at the top 

WiEl^ffi! of the petticoat, pull the runner through. (See picture above.) 

"How lovely and warm Mary Marie will be!" 
exclaimed Mar}^ Frances as she finished the little 
petticoat with the help of Fairly Flew's magic needle. 

"Do not let her wear that in summer," said the 
Yarn Baby. 




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''If you do she'll surely roast 
And be eaten up for toast," 

added Crow Shay. Then he looked around to see if 
anyone would chide him for speaking. 

Just as he expected, the Yarn Baby's hair began 
to stand up on end; but Fairly Flew only laughed 
and said, "Oh, now, Yarn Baby, don't get ruffled. 
Let him make a little fun for us all." 

The Yarn Baby's hair settled down smoothly in 
place, and Crow Shay did look as though he would 
like to crow for sure, but he was very polite and kept 
quiet. 



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HAT now?" asked Fairly Flew. 

''Next/* said the Yarn Baby, ''comes 
what the little Miss has been wanting so 




Doll's Crocheted Toque or Cap 
(See pictures opposite page 104 — color plate) 
Material: Old rose (double) wool floss. Gray floss to be 
used in making pom-poms. 
Bone crochet hook No. 2. 

Directions: 

1. Make 50 chain stitches. Join the last chain stitch to '''inU;.^ 
the first chain stitch with a slip stitch. 

2. Make 50 single crochet stitches and work around for HOIaT?' 
20 rows. (See figure A on page 94.) 

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opposite 

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3. Make 2 slip stitches. Then turn, and work on the wrong 
side. 

4. Make 50 single crochets for 25 rows. Fasten the end of 
the floss. 

5. Thread a zephyr needle or a darning needle with the floss. 
Lay the chain-stitched edge together like the top of a stocking 
laid flat, and sew or overhand it together from a to b to form 
top of cap. (See figure A on page 94) . 

6. Fold up on outside of cap, about 12 rows of the single 
crochet stitches last made. Fold up about 13 more rows. This 
roll forms the part around the head of the doll. 

7. Bring points a and h down to meet the roll, and pin in 
place. Fasten points in place by sewing on pom-poms for 
trimming. 

To Make Pompons 

1. Cut 2 cardboard circles, making them measure 3 inches 
across. 

2. Cut out a circular hole in the center of each, making it f ^ 

inch across. Willd Witk 

3. Cut off 1 piece of old rose and 1 piece of gray floss, making P|/ri| (a (^ 
each about 3 yards long. Put the ends together, side by side. 

4. Holding the 2 cardboard circles together, thread the 
gray and rose floss into the center hole, over the edges, into the 
center, over the edges, doing this over and over again until the 
entire length of floss is used. 

5. Put one leg of a pair of scissors between the 2 cardboard 
edges of the circles, and cut the floss apart 





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6. Put a short double thread of floss between the 2 card- 
board circles and tie the ends of the double thread firmly together. 

7. Tear off the cardboard, and carefully clip the surface of 
the pompon even. 

''Now, may I show you now Mary Marie looks in 
her cap and scarf?" asked ]\Iary Frances, finishing off 
the pretty little toque in a short time. 

''Indeed you may!" Fairly Flew rephed, and Mary 
Frances ran to get her. 

Soon she had the proud dolly dressed, and held 
her up for all to see. 



"Wintry weather, 
Blowsy gale, 
Will never turn 
Your dolly pale. 

She will go out 
Without a care, 

Because her scarf 
And cap she'll wear," 



Bang Crow Shay. 




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"She is to have another cap or a hat to match 

the first scarf that you made," said the Yarn Baby. 

"She can wear that set to school — does Mary Marie 

go to school? " she asked. 

"Oh, yes," said Mary Frances; "to kindergarten." 
"Then we must hasten to get the little hat madel" 

Fairly Flew exclaimed. 




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LEASE let us hear the new directions, 
Yarn Baby," Fairly Flew said. 
And then the Yarn Baby began: 



Doll's Crocheted Turban (Hat) 
(See the picture opposite page 40 — color plate) 
Material: Old rose or blue four-fold Germantown zephyr. 
Gray Germantown zephyr for trimming. 

Bone crochet hook No. 5. 
Directions : 

To Make the Top of the Crown of the Hat 

1. With rose or blue yarn make 5 chain stitches. 

2. Join the chain in a ring with shp stitch. 

3. Make 1 cham stitch. 

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4. Put 2 single crochet stitches in each chain stitch in the ring 
(10 single crochet stitches in all). Tie a piece of sewing cotton 
in the last stitch to mark end of row. (See picture A, page 101.) 

Note. — In making the turban, put the crochet hook through 
back loop only of the stitches already made. (See picture A, page 
101.) 

5. Second row: Put 2 single crochets in each stitch. 

6. Third row: Put 1 single crochet in each of the first 2 
stitches. Put 2 single crochets in third stitch. 

Note. — Wlien 2 or more stitches are put into 1 stitch in this 

way, it makes the work fuller or larger. This is called "increasing." 

Put 1 single crochet in each of the next 2 stitches. Put 2 single 




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crochets in next stitch. 
Continue in this way 
until end of this row. 

7. Fourth row: 
Same as third row. 

8. Fifth row: In- 
crease, by putting 2 
single crochets in every 
fifth stitch, and con- 
tinue in this way until 
there are 8 full rows. 



To Make the Side of Crown, or the Band 

1. Make 58 chain stitches. Join in a ring with slip stitch. 

2. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch of the chain. 

3. Second row: Put 1 single crochet in each single crochet, 
taking up back loop only. Continue doing this until there are 
6 full rows. 

The turned-up 
band of gray is made 
in the same way as 
the band just finished. 

To Put Turhan 
Together 
1. Hold the right 
side of the crown toward you. Hold the top edge of the rose 





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or blue band (not the chain-stitched edge) to the edge of the crown. 
Baste edges together. Catch edges of crown and band together 
with single crochet stitches. 

2. Place gray band inside of the rose or blue band, with the 
right side against the inside (or wrong side) of the rose or blue 
band. Thread a zephyr needle or a darning needle with gray 
yarn, and sew the edges neatly together. (Picture B on page 101 
shows the two bands spread open after they have been sewed 
together.) 

3. Turn the gray band up on the outside of turban and sew 
a rosette on the left side of the crown and on the turned-up band. 

To Make Rosette 

Lay the ends of the two colors of zephyr together side by side. 

With a large crochet hook (about No. 8) make 45 chain 
stitches. Break off yarns and fasten ends. 

Form the chain into 6 flat loops and sew on left side of tur- 
ban, using gray yarn in a zephyr or darning needle. 

As soon as it was finished, Mary Frances put the 
turban on Mary Marie. Then she put the scarf 
which matched it around the dolly's neck. 

"Doesn't she look sweet!" she exclaimed. "I'll 
let you all kiss her." 

"Oh, excuse — !" began Crow Shay, but he never 
finished the sentence, for there came a voice at the 
door. It was Katie's voice. 




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103 



"Miss Mary Frances! You haven't been out at 
all to-day!" she said. "Your mother wouldn't like 
that." 

Mary Frances ran to the door. "Why, Katie, 
that's so! I must go out. I'll get ready right away. 
I've been doing some crocheting." 

"That's fine," Katie said. "I wish I knew how 
to crochet." 

"Maybe I can teach you some time after I learn 
more myself," said Mary Frances. 

"I should love to learn." Katie looked pleased. 
"Well, I must be about my work now," she added, 
and went downstairs again. 

When Mary Frances turned back to the sewing 
table nothing was to be seen but the empty rocking- 
chair and the knitting bag. 

" Oh, dear," she thought, "where can everybody be?" 

She lifted the bag. Underneath was Mary Marie 
just as she had dressed her. 

She put her hand into the bag and found Wooley 
Ball and the Yarn Baby, but could not find Crow Shay. 

"What is the Uttle rascal hiding for?" she 
wondered. 




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"Look in the chest of yarns," said Wooley Ball. 
Mary Frances opened the lid. Out popped Crow 
Shay's little round head. 

"So scared was I, 
I thought I'd die; 
So ran and hid — 

That's why! That's why!" 

he sang. 

"And Fairl}' Flew," asked Mary Frances; "where 
is she?" 

"She's gone! She's gone! 
Been gone before; 
But she'U come back 
Some more, some more," 

''So weired 

T ■" promised Crow Shay, and the little girl went happily 





'° Where is ^e? 




GOING SHOPPIXG 

For Directions for Making Knitted Articles Shown in this Illustration Sek 

Shopping Bag — 242 Crocheted Hantj Bag — 248 Crocheted Purse — 255 

Crocheted "Wool P'loss Scarf — 84 Crocheted Toque or Cap — 93 




HE next morning, after breakfast, Mary- 
Frances hurried to her room, hoping to 
have another delightful lesson. 
''Aunt Maria will be so surprised to see what IVe 
done," she whispered. "And mother will be so 
pleased." 

"You surely will surprise them," said the Yarn 
Baby, "and if I am not mistaken we will have to 
work with all our might to get everything ready by the 
time they come home." 

"Indeed we will!" said Mary Frances, getting 
things ready for work. "I wonder what comes 
next?" VeW 

"Oh, excuse me," she exclaimed after a moment, 

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" I must go get my dolly. I put her to bed in the play- 
room last night." 

When she lifted Mary Marie out of her little bed 
and stood her on the floor, the little thing looked at 
her and said, "Mamma, my tootsies are told." 

"Oh, can you talk again?" cried Mary Frances. 
"Is it true, or am I dreaming?" 

" 'Torse it's true," answered Mary Marie. " 'Torse 
it's true. Fairly Flew tame in the night and tissed[me." 

"What did ^he tell you, dear? " asked Mary Frances, 
lifting the doll in her arms. 

"She said that I tould talk until the lessons were 
over." 

"Oh, I hope that they last as long as I livel" 
said Mary Frances, hugging the doll close. 

"Toe do I!" Mary Marie said. "But my foots are 
told." 

"Oh, you darhng!" cried Mary Frances. "You 
want me to make you a pair of slippers!" 

"Please, Mamma," said the little doll. 

So Mary Frances dressed her in her bathrobe, and 
carried her into the sewing room and sat her on the 
table. 




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''How I wish I had a little ball for her to play 
with/' she said. 

Then the Yarn Baby asked, "Why not make her 
one? I'll give you the directions: 

Baby's Ball 
(See picture opposite page 136 — color plate) 
Make the same way as the pompons on the Doll's Toque 
(^page 95), using circles 3 inches across with a 1-inch opening in 
the center. Wind until center is almost filled. 

''Never throw away ends of yarn/' Wooley Ball 
added. "You can make them into a beautiful baby^s 
ball — no matter how many different colors there are; 
or you can make a ball for your mother to use as a — 

Hair Pin Ball* 
(See picture opposite page 40 — color plate) 
Make in same way as pompons on Doll's Toque, using 
circles of cardboard 3^ inches across, and a 1-inch opening in the 
center. Wind until opening is almost filled. 

"Oh, I wi]l give mother one on her birthday!" 
said Mary Frances. 

Soon she set to work and made a baby's ball for 
Mary Marie. 

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"Pretty ball!" said the dolly, trying to catch it in 
her hands again and again. Suddenly she began to cry. 

"Wliy, what is the matter, dear?" asked Mary 
Frances. 

'Toots told," the baby sobbed. 

Mary Frances laid the dolly's shawl over her feet. 
"Is that better?" she asked. "Oh, how I wish I 
knew how to make you a pair of slippers!" 

"You will soon learn how to do that," said the 
Yarn Baby, and gave the directions for making — 

Doll's Crocheted Bedroom Slippers 
(See picture opposite page 200) 

Material: Pink or 
light blue German- 
town zephyr. Bone 
crochet hook No. 3. 

Directions : 

The work is be- 
gun at the toe of the 
sHpper. See "A" in 
the picture on page 
109. 





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109 



1. Make 8 chain stitches. 

2. Skip 1 chain, and put 1 single crochet in each of 3 chain 
stitches. 

3. Put 3 single crochets in the fourth chain stitch. 

4. Put 1 single crochet in the next 3 chain stitches. Make 1 
chain to use in turning. (In single crochet work, always make 
1 chain in turning.) 

5. Second row: Put 1 single crochet in each stitch, taking 
the back thread only of the stitch. (The first and second rows 
form a "rib." The 

slippers are made of 
"ribs.") 

6. Third row : Put 
1 single crochet in 
each of 4 stitches. 
Put 3 single crochets 
in the fifth stitch. Put 
1 single crochet in each of the next 4 stitches. 

Note. — The adding of stitches, as in the fifth stitch, is 
called "increasing." 




Put 1 single crochet in each stitch. 
Increase as in direction No. 6 in sixth 



7. Fourth row 

8. Fifth row: 
stitch. 

9. Sixth row: 1 single crochet in each stitch. 

This row completes the toe part, or front of the slipper. 

10. Seventh row: This row starts the sides. Make 1 single 
crochet in each of 6 stitches. Make 1 chain to turn. 



Single 
crochet, 



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11. Eighth row: Make 1 single crochet in each stitch. 
Make 9 ribs for the sides of the slipper. 

To Join Side to Toe 

Hold the edge of the ninth rib (D) to edge of opposite side of 
front (C), right sides facing each other. (See picture page 109.) 

Join edges with single crochet stitches, taking up 1 loop 
only of the stitches forming the ribs. 

To Form the Toe 
Fold tip of toe together, bringing A to B. (See page 109.) 
Thread a darning or zephyr needle with yarn and sew tip 
of slipper toe together. 

To Make Top of Slipper 
Spaces for runners are made in this way: Starting* at corner 

at right side of top (A), 
make 2 chain stitches. 
Join them with a slip 
stitch to the point at 
the top of the nearest 
rib. 

Continue in this 

way all around top of 

slipper. 

To Make Trimming at Top 

Make 3 chain stitches. Put crochet hook through the 

first runner space and make a slip stitch. Make 3 chains and 

♦Sue Low to attach new yarn, page 142. 





^mn at a and b 



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put a slip stitch in the next runner space, 
top of sUpper. 



Continue all around 



To Make Runne. 

Make a chain of 45 chain stitches. 

Thread this into the runner spaces just as in making doll'a 
petticoat (see page 90), and put tassels on the ends. 



To Make Tassels 
(See pictures on opposite page) 

1. Cut a piece of cardboard 1 inch long and ^ inch wide. 

2. Over this, wind a strand of yarn 10 times. 

3. Thread a long-eyed zephyr needle with yarn. Slip it 
under the yarn on the cardboard and tie it together at the top. 

4. Clip the yarn apart at the other edge of the card. 

Hold the clipped ends between the thumb and fingers of the 
left hand, and tie the tassel with a piece of yarn, to look like 
picture No. 3. 

Thread the ends of the tie-string into a long-eyed needle. 
Pull the ends down through the middle of the tassel and cut them ||XtO FUflltCr, 
off even with the bottom. 

Thread a zephyr needle with both ends of yarn at top of 
tassel and pull needle through one end of the runner. 

Fasten the ends by pulling needle through tassel from the 
top. Cut off ends even with tassel fringe. (See picture No. 4.) 





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To Make Slipper Soles 

Lay doll's shoe on a piece of light-weight cardboard and mark it 
with a pencil ; cut it out. Or trace the outline below, and use it as a 
pattern. 

Thread zephyr needle with yarn, and sew slipper to sole. "" 

When the Yarn Baby had finished giving the long 
directions for the slippers, Crow Shay, who had been 
very quiet, could not keep still another second. 

"Whew! Yarn Baby!" he broke in. "Whew! 
How do you know so much? You certainly are a 
woolly-headed know-it-all!" 

At first the Yarn Baby did not know what to say 
to this impudent speech. Then her hair stood up 
stiff and straight. 

"If I'm — if I'm a woolly-head," she cried, "you're 
an old bone-head! So you are! So there!" 

Crow Shay grew pale, stood up on end and started 
for the Yarn Baby, when Wooley Ball just roUed in 
> his way and Crow Shay pitched over her, head first. 

"Mind your manners. Crow Shay! Mind your 
manners!" said Wooley Ball calmly. 

All the Knitting People laughed merrily at Crow 
Shay's silly caper, except poor Crow Shay, who looked 
a little ashamed of himself 




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THE -MiflQIC ' RHYTIE 

ARY FRANCES, who wanted to laugh, 

too, pretended not to notice, and picked 

up a ball of pink yarn. 

"If only I had Fairly Flew's magic needle!" she 

said, "I could get the slippers finished very soon for 

my poor baby's cold feet." 

She started to pick up Crow Shay. 
"Wait a moment! Wait a moment!" exclaimed 
the little fellow who was himself again. ''Don't you 
want to call the fairy teacher?" 

''If I only knew how to, I certainly should call 
her, Crow Shay," replied Mary Frances. "YoulQ 

help me a good deal, but " 

"Oh, I know!" said Crow Shay. "I can't do what 

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Fairly Flew can do for you, but I can do this much; 
I can tell you how to summon her." 

"Will you please teU me?" begged Mary Frances. 

"Indeed he will," spoke up the Yarn Baby, who 
forgave very quickly. "We all love you because you 
are so anxious to learn our lessons. Begin, Crow 
Shay." 

"All right," said Crow Shay. "When you want 
the fairy Fairly Flew during our lessons, just whisper 
this little rhyme: 




" 'Fairy Fairly Flew, 

Please come, for I need you.' " 

"That's easy!" cried Mary Frances, repeating the 
rhyme: 

"Fairy Fairly Flew, 
Please come, for I need you." 

She had scarcely finished speaking when there 
came the light rustle of wings; and a tiny voice of 
silvery sweetness said, "Here I am, little girl. I 
always come to help those who try to learn their 




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lessons. They may not always see me, but I put 
magic into their needles after they practice what 
they learn. They may not be able to work quite as 
quickly as you do when I am with you, but they can 
work pretty fast — so fast that people may say that 
the needles fairly flew." 

"How glad I am that you help other little girls, 
too," said Mary Frances, taking the magic needle 
which the fairy held out. "Thank you for coming 
to me, dear Fairly Flew!" 

Then she started to make the slippers — and you 
know how quickly they were finished. 

"Aren't they beautiful?" cried Mary Frances. 
"Now my dolly's feet will keep warm." And she 
put them on Mary Marie's little feet. 

Footies nice and warm," gurgled Mary Marie; 
"footies hidin' away from Jack Frost," and went on 7ir£][l''{r t/l 




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FTER everybody had admired the httle 
sHppers, the Yarn Baby said, '^If Mary 
Marie goes to kindergarten, she should 
have a httle school-bag to carry her pictures and 
books in, I think." 

''Wouldn't that be splendid!" cried Mary Frances. 
''What kind of yarn shall I use?" 

"Let me look into the box," rephed Wooley Ball, 
rolling over to the end of the sewing table and peeping 
over the edge of the chest, "Oh, there is the very thing 
to use — ecru crochet cotton. Cotton will wear much 
better than wool for a bag." As Mary Frances picked S' 
up the ball, the Yarn Baby began to give the directions 
for making — 

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Doll's Crocheted 
Book Bag 

(See color plate page 40) 

Material: Ecru cro- 
chet cotton (mercerized). 
Steel hook No. 7. 

Directions ; * 

1. Make 26 chain 

stitches. 

2. Put 1 double cro- 
chet stitch into the fourth 
chain stitch from the 
needle. 

3. Put 1 double cro- 
chet into the fifth chain 
stitch. 

4. Put 1 double cro- 
chet stitch into the sixth 
chain. 

5. Make 2 chain 
stitches. 

6. Skip 2 chain 
stitches in the first row, 
and put 1 double crochet 
into the next chain stitch; 
that is, mto the third 

JThis work is begun in the middle of the bag — sec the knot on the right-hand edge in 
tlie picture. 





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chain stitch from the last double crochet stitch which you 
made. 

7. Put a double crochet in each of the next 2 chain stitches. 

8. Repeat directions No. 5, 6, and 7 to end of chain. 

9. Make 5 chain stitches to use in turning. 

10. Put 3 double crochet stitches into the first space of the 
row just made. 

11. Make 2 chain stitches. 

12. Continue making clusters of 3 double crochets in each 
space with 2 chains between — to end of row. The last stitch in 
the row wiU be 1 double crochet taken into the top of the 3 chain 
stitches which were used in turning the row below. 

13. Continue making rows like these two until there are 
6 rows. This makes one side of the bag. 

14. Taking up the threads on the other side of the first row 
of chain stitches which you made, make other side of bag like 
first side. (See picture below.) 

15. Fold the two sides of bag together, along the row of chain 
stitches first made, and 




fasten them together 
with single crochet 
stitches along the edge, 
catching each side. 

16. Make 1 row of 
single crochet all 
around the top of 
the bag. 




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To Make the Handle 

1. At the top of the first chister of double crochet stitches 
from the side, make 2 single crochet stitches. (See picture, 
page 118.) 

2. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning. 

3. Make 2 single crochet stitches. 

4. Continue directions Nos. 1 and 2 until handle is 2^ inches 
long. Fasten the end of handle into the top of the fii'st cluster of 
double crochet stitches from the other side of the bag, using slip 
stitch. 

5. Make another handle on opposite side of bag in same way. 
Note. — In fastening ends of threads, be sure to pull the last 

stitch very tight before cutting off the ends. 



When Alary Frances had finished making the little 
bag, she hung it on the dolly's arm. 

''Doe to tool! Doe to tool, now!" cried Mary^ 
Marie. 

''Not in your bathrobe and slippers, darling!" 

"Den what s'all T do?" asked Mary Marie. "I'se 
tired of baU! Wish I had a dolly!" 




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^•LETTER- FROM'MOTHER 



HE poor little dear!" exclaimed Fairly 
Flew, ''a doll she shall have, and I will 
tell you how to make it myself — a doll that 
looks ever so much like Mary Frances' own dolly, our 
dear Yarn Baby!" 

Then she told the little girl — 

How TO Make an Infant Yarn Doll 
Material : White knitting worsted. * A strand of coarse red em- 
broidery cotton. Two blue beads for eyes. (See picture, page 122.) 
Directions : 

1. Cut about 20 strands of yam, each 8 inches long. Lay 
them together side by side. 

2. Tie them together in the middle with a short piece of 
yarn. Fold them over in the middle where tied. 

* Cotton string may be used in place of woolen yarn. 

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3. About I inch below the fold, tie in the same way as you 
did the tassel on doll's slippers. (See picture No. 3 on Plate 3.) 
This forms the infant's head. 

4. To make the arms, take hold of 4 strands of the yarn and 

tie a knot close to the 
neck. This forms the 
shoulder. About ^ inch 
below the shoulder knot, 
trim off the 4 strands. 
Tie the 4 strands together 
with a short piece of yam 
to form the hand. 

5. Make the other 
arm opposite in the same 
way. 

6. About f of an inch 
below the neck, tie the 
long strands together to 
form infant's waist. 

7. Sew two small 
blue beads in head for 
eyes, and take a stitch 
with red embroidery cot- 
ton to form the mouth. 

"Baby! Bab}^" cried Mary Marie as soon as 
Mary Frances had it finished. 




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Baby! Baiy! 



A Letter from Mother 



123 



''How she loves that doll!" cried Crow Shay. 
"She ought to have a nurse-maid to help her care 
for it." 

''Indeed she ought to," declared the Yarn Baby. 
"I would hke to tell the httle Miss how to make a 
Dinah DoU." 

''Do tell her now," said Fairly Flew. 

So the Yarn Baby began: 

How TO Make a Colored Yarn Doll 
Material: Black knitting worsted.* White knitting worsted. 
A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton. Two white beads 
for eyes. (See page 122.) 

Directions: 

1. Cut about 50 strands of black worsted 12 inches long. 
Tie them together in the middle and fold. 

2. Tie them again about 1| inches below the fold to form 
Dinah's head. 

3. At each side of the body, close to the neck, take 8 strands 
and tie together in a knot to form shoulders and arms. OU 

4. Trim off the strands about 2 inches below the knots, and 
tie with white yarn near ends — to form hands. 

5. Cut 30 strands of white yarn about 8 inches long. Lay 
them together, side by side. Tie them together very loosely in 

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the- middle, fold them in the middle, where tied. Tie the bundle 
of strands around doll's neck to form front of dress. 

6. Follow dh'ection No. 5 and tie in back of doll to form back 
of dress. 

7. Cut a piece of black yarn about 8 inches long and tie 
it in a bow knot around the doll about 1| inches from the neck, 
to form the doll's waist. 

8. At the bottom, with a short piece of white yarn, tie 
together about 6 strands of black yarn, to form a foot. 

9. Make another foot in the same way. 

10. Trim off the other strands of yarn at the bottom about 
J inch above the feet. 

11. Sew two white beads in place for eyes, and take two 
stitches with red embroidery cotton to form the mouth. 

Sew infant doll in place m Dinah's arm. 
To make the hair, cut 25 short strands of black worsted and 
sew with black thread to top of Dinah's head. 

Trim hair with bow made of narrow red ribbon. 



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When Mary Frances finished the funny colored 
doll, she sewed the white infant baby in the arm, to 
the delight of Mary Marie and the Ivnitting People. 

Soon Mary Marie's eyelids began to droop; then 
Mary Frances carried her off to bed, and she went to 
sleep with the dolls in her arms. 

"Oh, how I wish that T could tell mother about 




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125 



my lovely times," thought Mary Frances. "Maybe 
when all my lessons are finished I shall be able to tell 
her. She would not worry about my being lonely if 
she knew how busy I am, and how happy now since 
I know that dear father is getting well." 

Just then Billy called her and she hurried down- 
stairs. 

''Here is a letter from mother for you," said Billy, 
meeting her at the foot of the stairs. "Hurry and 
read it. I want to hear about father." 

So Mary Frances opened it and read: 

Dear Mary Frances: 

You will he glad to hear that father is safe in the hos- 
pital and improving very rapidly. His leg was broken 
just above the ankle, and he is suffering from the shock 
of the accident. The doctors say that it will he a week or 
ten days, perhaps longer, before %ve can bring him home. 

I am sending a newspaper which tells about the 
train wreck and explains how it happened. 

You and Billy are in my thoughts every hour of the 
day and many times at night, too; hut I am not worried 
because I know that: Katie will take good care of you both. 




called 




Dear Miry Frances, 



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Father says that he is racing with time to get well 
enough to return home to you dear children, and that he 
mil tell you the whole story when he arrives. 

Aunt Maria sends love and says that she will teach 
you to crochet when she comes — and that you may prac- 
tice the stitches which she has already taught you. 

I shut my eyes and see you in my mind^s eye, hut I 
want to he ahle soon to see you really and truly. 

Hugs and kisses from 

Mother. 

"Good news!" exclaimed Billy as Mary Frances 
finished reading; "but it's no fun to have a broken 
leg." 

"Oh, Billy, think how much worse it might have 
been," cried Mary Frances. "Won't we be glad to 
see father and mother back — and Aunt Maria?" and 
she caught him by the arm and waltzed him around 
the big hall. 




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DO wonder what the Crochet People 
have planned for the next lesson," thought 
Mary Frances as she went upstairs after 
breakfast the next morning. 

When she went into the playroom she was sur- 
prised to find Mary Marie sitting on the side of her 
bed, trying to put on her little slippers. 

"What!" exclaimed Mary Frances. "Awake so 
early — and trying to dress yourself? " 

"'Es, Mamma," answered Mary Marie. "I'se 
detting weady to doe to tool." 

"Bless your little heart!" cried Mary Frances. 
"Here, let me help you!" and she soon put on Mary •V'(0)fid€.r'.' 
Marie's little shoes and stockings, and dressed her. 

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"What shall I wear wound me, Mamma?" asked 
the dolly. ''It's too warm for a toat, and too told to 
doe wifout somet'ing wound me." 

"Let me see," said Mary Frances, thinking hard. 

"If Mary M'rie only had a twetter!" sighed the 
wise young lady. 

Mary Frances caught her up in her arms. "The 
very thing!" she cried. "Let us go see the Crochet 
People." 

Just as she sat Mary Marie on the table. Crow Shay 
began : 

"For young or old, 
A\Tien it is cold. 
Nothing is better 
Than a sweater." 



^y " Oh ! " exclaimed Mary Frances. " Oh, Crow Shay, 
how did you ever guess what we want so much? " 

"Every doll in the world ought to have a sweater," 
he declared. "And the sooner Fairly Flew comes, 
the sooner Mary Marie will get one." 

So Mary Frances said the magic rhyme: 







If I oriy Jhad a tvetter!" 



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129 



''Fairy Fairly Flew, 
Please come, for I need you;" 

and the fairy helper came. 

"What do you wish for?" she asked, seating her- 
self in the doll's rocking-chair. 

''A sweater for Mary Marie, dear Fairly Flew," 
Mary Frances answered. 

''A twetter! A twetter!" laughed the little doll, 
looking up. "Doe to tool." 

"Bless her heart— and yours, too, httle girl," said 
Fairly Flew; "she shall have not only a sweater, but 
a whole outfit to keep her warm when she goes to 
school, for I myself will give you directions for 
making a — 

Teddy Bear Suit 
Consisting of Sweater, Tarn, and Long Leggings 
(See picture opposite page 168 — color plate.) 
Material: "Old blue" or peacock blue knitting worsted. 
Bone crochet hook No. 5. W 

Doll's Crocheted Sweater 
(Be sure to make the articles already described in this story 
before attempting to make the Teddy Bear Outfit.) 





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Directions: 

This work is begun with the front. 

1. Make 26 chain stitches. 

2. Make 25 single crochet stitches. 

3. Make 1 chain to turn. Ahvays make 1 chain stitch to 
use in turning, unless told to do otherwise. 

4. Make 12 rows (in all) of 25 single crochet stitches, taking 

up both loops of 
stitches below. 

5. On the thir- 
teenth row, make only 
15 single crochets. 
Make only 15 single 
crochets for 6 rows (in 
all) . These rows come 
under the arm of the 
doll. You will then 
have made 18 rows. 

6. On the nine- 
teenth row, make 15 

single crochets and 11 chain stitches. 

7. On the twentieth row, make 25 single crochets. 

8. Make 21 rows of 25 single crochets for the back of the 
sweater. This makes 39 rows from the beginning. 

9. On the fortieth row make 15 single crochets for 6 rows, 
under arm. 





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10. On the forty-seventh row, add 11 chains, and crochet 
12 rows of 25 single crochet stitches. 




To Make Armholes 
Thread a zephyr needle with the worsted, and sew 6 rows of 
the front to 6 rows of the back (A to A, B to B. Sec picture, page 
130). Do the same to the other side. 

To Make Border on Edge around Sweater 
1. Hold the outside of the sweater toward you. Starting at 
the left side of the neck, take up both loops of each stitch'^with 
single crochet all around sweater to right side of neck. 




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Note. — In turning corners at bottom use 3 single crochets 
in 1 stitch. 

2. Make 1 diain stitch to use in turning, and make another 
row of single crochet in the same way all around sweater. This 
will bring you back to the starting stitch of border. 

3. Make 1 chain to use in turning, and make third row, 
putting only 2 single crochet stitches in corners at the bottom. 

To Make Collar Band 

1. Hold right side of front of sweater toward you, and take 
up each stitch across the neck with single crochet. 

2. Make 5 rows of single crochet, using 1 chain stitch to turn. 
Make slip stitches all around sweater taking up back thread 

only of the stitches. 

To Fasten Sweater 
The sweater is fastened with loops and buttons. 

To Make Loops 

1. On the right-hand side of the sweater, commencing at the 
Chlin stitch bottom, make 4 slip stitches. 

2. Make 2 chain stitches. 

3. Skip 2 stitches in the row below, and make 4 more slip 
stitches. The chain stitches form the loops. 

4. Continue doing this until the neck is reached. 

5. Make 1 loop on the end of the collar. Sew buttons on the 
left side opposite the loops. 



form lo^ps. 




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To Make the Sleeves 

1. Make 9 chain stitches. 

2. Make 8 single crochet stitches. 

3. Always make 1 chain stitch to use in turning single crochet. 

4. Second row: Taking up both threads of the row of single 
crochets just made, make 2 single crochets in the first stitch, and 




I in each stitch to the end of the row. This will make 9 stitches. 

5. Make 3 chains, and turn the work. 

6. Third row: Make 1 single crochet in each of the two 
chain stitches, and single crochets to the end of the row, making 

II stitches in all. Make 1 chain to turn. 

7. Fourth row: Make 2 single crochets in the first stitch 
and single crochets to the end of row, making 12 stitches 
in all. 

8. Fifth row: Make 5 chain stitches. Make 4 single crochets 





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in the chain stitches, and single crochets to the end of row, making 
16 stitches. 

9. Sixth row: Make 2 single crochet stitches in the first 
stitch and single crochets to the end, making 17 stitches. 

10. Seventh row: Make 17 single crochets. 

11. Eighth row: Make 2 single crochets in first stitch and 
single crochets to the end of row, making 18 stitches. 

12. Make 6 rows of 18 single crochet stitches. 

13. On the fifteenth row, make single crochets, but skip 
next to the last stitch, making 17 single crochet stitches. 

14. Sixteenth row: Make 17 single crochet stitches. 

15. Seventeenth row: Make single crochets across row, 
but skip next to the last stitch, making 16 stitches. 

16. Eighteenth row: Make 16 single crochet stitches. 

17. Nineteenth row: Make slip stitches in the first four 
stitches. Single crochet to the end, skipping next to the last 
stitch, making 11 stitches. 

18. Twentieth row: Make 11 single crochet stitches. 

19. Twenty-first row: Make 2 slip stitches, and single 
crochet to the end of row, skipping next to the last stitch, making 

^|P) » J 8 stitches. 

m'Ul rOWl ^^ 20. Twenty-second row: Make 8 single crochets. Break 

Make another sleeve like this one. 

21. Sew up the sleeves. 

22. Pin seam to the front corner of the armhole (A) and sew 
in place. (See picture, page 131.) 




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23. Put 2 rows of single crochet around the end of sleeve 
at wrist. 

Add one row of shp stitches below these. Do not make this 
row of slip stitches very tight. 

To Make the Pockets 

1. Make 7 chain stitches. 

2. Make 7 rows of 6 single crochets. 

3. Put 1 row of single crochet across the top of 
pocket. 

4. Put 1 row of slip stitches across top of pocket. 
Make another pocket in same way. 

Sew pockets on the sweater, about 1 inch from bottom and 
1 inch from sides. 



Doll's Crocheted Tam 

(See picture on page 136) 
Material: Old blue or peacock blue knitting worsted. 
Bone crochet hook No. 5. -rfoiH 

1. Make 4 chain stitches. ^ fllW^ 

2. Join the chain in a ring with slip stitch. 

3. Make 10 single crochets into the center of the ring. 

4. Tie a piece of white sewing thread to the tenth single 
crochet stitch, to mark the beginning of the next row around. 

5. Second round. Make 2 single crochets in each stitch, 




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taking up back loop of thread in each stitch of row just 
finished. 

6. Third row: Make 2 single crochets in the first stitch, 
1 single crochet in the next stitch, and continue making 2 single 





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crochets in the next stitch and 1 single crochet in the next stitch 
to the end of the round. 

7. Fourth round. "Increase," or put 2 single crochet stitches 
]\Iake 1 single crochet in the other stitches. 
Increase in every fifth stitch. 
Make 1 single crochet in each stitch. 

10. Repeat fifth and sixth rounds until there are 11 full rows. 
The work should measure about 5 inches across. 

11. Twelfth round. Begin to "decrease." or narrow, the 
tam to fit the head of doll. 



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9. Sixth round. 




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How to "Decrease" in Crocheting 

Pull a loop through of each of 2 stitches, and take them off 
the crochet needle as if they were one loop, thus forming a single 
crochet; that is, pull a loop through the 3 loops then on the 
needle. (See picture below.) 





On the twelfth round of the tam, decrease on the first 2 
stitches, then make 5 single crochet stitches. Then decrease on 
next 2 stitches and make 5 single crochets. Continue decreasing 
in this way until tam fits doll's head. 

About 4 rows of decreasing will be needed, which makes „ ^ 
15 full rows from starting place. Do not break off yarn, but (L2JEl\70tl 
learn how- fCM?^ 

To Make the Head Band 

Make 4 rows of single crochet, taking up both threads of 
stitches in rounds just finished. Break off the yarn and fasten 



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the end by making a slip stitch and pulling end all the way through 
the last loop. 

To Make the Tassel 

1. Cut a strip of cardboard, making it 1§ inches wide and 
about 2 inches long. 

2. Cut off 2 pieces of yarn, each measuring 1 yard, lay them 
together, side by side. 

3. Wind the 2 pieces of yarn over the narrower part of the 
cardboard. 

4. Tie as in making tassels for doll's slippers. (See Plate 3.) 

5. Make 18 chain stitches, and fasten tassel to the chain as on 
runner for doll's slippers. Put the other end of the chain through 
the hole in the center of the top of the tarn, and sew it down in 
place on the wrong side. 

Crocheted Teddy Bear Leggings 

(See pictures on pages 139 and 140.) 

Material: Old l)luc or peacock blue knitting worsted. 
Bone or celluloid crochet hook No. 5. 

Directions : 

This work is begun at the waist line. 

1. Make 50 chain stitches. 

2. Join chain with slijo stitch and make 1 chain stitch to use 
in turning. 

3. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch of the chain, making 




Make tassel. 



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139 



50 single crochets. Join last 
single crochet stitch to first 
single crochet with slip 
stitch. Make 1 chain stitch 
to use in turning. 

4. Make 5 rows of 
single crochet stitches, tak- 
ing up both loop3 of each 
stitch in row below. Join 
end stitch with first as 
explained in direction 
No. 3. 

5. On the sixth row, in 
order to form the fullness in 
the seat, make 38 single 
crochet stitches. Turn 
without making a chain 
stitch. Make 26 single cro- 
chets. Turn again without 
a chain stitch, and continue 
making single crochet to end 
of row, or joining pomt. 

6. Make the seventh, 
eighth, ninth, tenth rows of 
single crochet stitches. 

7. Make the eleventh 
row in the same way as 




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you made the sixth row. 
(Soe direction No. 5.) 

8. Make the twelfth 
row of single crochet. 

9. On the thirteenth 
row begin to decrease the 
stitches, or to narrow the 
work. When you reach the 
twelfth stitch, take off 2 
stitches as one. Do the rest 
of the row iii single crochet 
except when you reach the 
tliii'ty-eighth stitch, when 
you take off 2 stitches as 
one. There should be 48 
single crochet stitches in 
the thirteenth row. 

10. Continue to make 
48 stitches ia each row until 
there are 18 rows in front. 
Do not break off the yarn. 
You will have a loop on the 
crochet needle. 

You will use this loop 
in making the separation for 
the leg part of the Teddy 
Bear Leggings. 




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141 



11. With the loop on the crochet needle, put the hook through 
the twenty -fourth single crochet stitch, on the opposite side, throw 
the yarn over the hook, and pull it through both stitches. Now 
you will work in a circle around the leg. 

12. Make 24 single crochet stitches, and join the twenty- 
fourth to the first stitch in the leg part, with a slip stitch. Make 
1 chain to turn. This is the nineteenth row of the garment. 

13. Make the twentieth row of single crochet and join last 
and first stitches. 

On the twenty-first row, begin to narrow the leg. Make 
single crochet stitches until you reach the eleventh stitch. Then 
take off 2 stitches as one. Continue with single crochet to end 
of row and join stitches. 

14. The twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth rows 
are of single crochet. 

15. The twenty-fifth row is like the twenty-first row. 

16. The twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth 
rows are of single crochet. 

17. The twenty-ninth row is like the twenty-first row. There 
should be 21 single crochet stitches in the twenty-ninth row. 

18. Continue to make 21 single crochet stitches in each row 
until you have 47 rows from the waist line in front. 

19. Next you will make the strap underneath the doll's 
foot. 

Make 5 chain stitches, and join the last one to the ninth 
single crochet stitch with a slip stitch. 

20. Put 1 slip stitch in each stitch of chain for the strap. 





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Do not break off the yam. Next you will make the toe part of 
legging. 

21. Make 3 slip stitches, putting them into the single crochet 
stitches nearest the strap toward the front of the legging. 

22. Make 4 single crochet stitches and 1 chain stitch to use 
in turning. 

23. Make 4 rows of single crochets. 

24. Now make slip stitches all around the bottom of the 
legging to make a neat finish. 

25. Make another leg like this one. Begin the work at 
the inside seam or joining point of the leg just made. Start this 
row at the back of the legging. 

Next you will make spaces for a runner at the waist. 
At the top of leggings at the joining point, or seam, fasten 
yarn ready to begin new work. 

To Join New Thread 

Put the hook through the stitch at the place where you need 
the new thread. Throw thread over hook, and pull the end of 
the thread through the stitch and tie in a single knot. Thread 
^tUH klDOlk. t!^^<-^ i"to a zephyr needle, and run it into the work.'' 

See also page 231. 

To Make Runner Spaces 

1. Make 3 chain stitches. 

2. Put a double crochet in each of'the next 14 stitches. 

3. Make 20 treble crochet stitches. (See picture of treble 
crochet, page 228.) 





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4. Make 14 double crochets. 

5. Join with a sHp stitch the last double crochet stitch to the 
third chain stitch. See direction No. 1, above. 

To Make the Runner 
Make a chain of 75 stitches, and thread through the runner 
spaces as in making the doll's petticoat. (See page 90.) 

Fairly Flew gave the directions so rapidly that 
Mary Frances scarcely realized when she finished one 
piece of the Httle Teddy Bear suit and commenced on 
another. 

When the three pieces were finished, ''Good!" 
exclaimed the fairy. ''The reason that I talked so 
fast was that I was so anxious to see how your baby 
would look when dressed like a Teddy Bear." 

"Come here, dear," said Mary Frances, holding 
out her arms, and Mary Marie ran to her. 

"Twick, Mamma! Twick!" she cried, trying to 
get into the sweater by herself. 

Mary Frances helped her and soon she was dressed. 

"Doesn't she look dear!" exclaimed Mary Frances, 
kissing her. 

"She looks too cunning for anything!" said the 
Yarn Baby 




.ny 
new. 




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1 shookl 



"I could roll yarn for her all my life," declared 
Wooley Ball. 

"Isn't it wonderful to make such a beautiful thing 
out of a string?" asked Crow Shay. "I should think 
that everybody would learn to know us nice Crochet 
People." 

"I should, too," said Mary Frances. ''I wish all 
my friends " 

"Hush!" exclaimed Fairly Flew. "I think I hear 
a step!" And she melted out of sight. 

"Tate Mary M'rie for a walk, IMamma?" the 
little doll asked as Mary Frances took her up in her 
arms; but when they reached the foot of the stairs, 
Mary Marie began to look like a doll again, and 
stared at things just as doUs do. 

"She is afraid some one will see her, and the 
fairy has told her not to talk," thought IMary Frances. 
"I guess I'll take her upstairs again so as to be safe." 
And she went to the playroom. 

"Nice walk," said IMary Marie, leaning her head 
on Mary Frances' neck sleepily. So ^lary Frances 
undressed her and put her to bed and then went out 
to play 




"I could m\lyB.rn all miiy lil^ 




ARY FRANCES stopped at the door of 
the sewing room when she went upstairs 
the next morning after breakfast, for she 
was sure that she heard a voice. 
Crow Shay was speaking — 

"Now then unpack, 
Both Knit and Knack, 
For Fairly Flew 
Has need of you." 

"HI)" 
"Did she say so?" asked a little voice eagerly. 

"Did she say so?" asked another little voice just ^^ 
as eagerly. 

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''Not exactly, not exactly," answered Crow Shay; 
''but I saw her working on some knitting." 

"That's a sign, I guess," said Knit. 

"That's a sign, I guess," said I^ack. 

And they both jumped out of the knitting bag. 

"Come, Wooley Ball," cried Knit, "please help 
us." 

"Come, Wooley Ball," cried Knack, "please help 
us." 

"Help you what?" asked Wooley Ball, rolling over 
toward them. 

"Help us teach the httle Miss to knit," replied 
Knit. 

"Help us teach the little Miss to knit," echoed 
Knack. 

"I'll help you!" Crow Shay offered. 

"You?" cried Knit. "You only crochet!" 

"You?" cried Knack. "You only crochet!" 

"Only?" exclaimed Crow Shay. "Only? WeU, 
J7011 1 if I ever betted, I'd bet you both that I can help teach 

knitting." 

"I'd like to see you!" said Knit. 

"I'd Hke to see you!" said Kanck. 



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'^ Help you what ? " 



The First Knitting Lesson 147 

"Maybe you will," laughed Crow Shay. ''I'm 
willing to help you," he added. 

''Come," thought Mary Frances. "If that httle 
mischief keeps on, there will be a quarrel. I must 
go in," and she entered the room. 

"Why, how do you do, my new friends?" she said, 
speaking to Eoiit and Knack. 

"Oh, they are pretty well, thank you," answered 
Crow Shay. "Good-morning, Miss Mary Frances." 

The Yarn Baby's hair rose high on her head. 
"Wait till you're spoken to. Crow Shay!" said 
she. 

Crow Shay stepped back on the table. 

"You are IMt and Knack, my knitting needles. 
I know you well," went on Mary Frances. "I do 
hope that you will help me learn to knit." 

"They're crazy to," began Crow Shay, "and I 
am " 

The Yarn Baby gave him such a hard push with Toppled off 
her soft little elbow that he toppled off the table. tlh.£ tubfe. 

Then the Knitting twins had to laugh. They 
couldn't help it. 

"Oh, dear!" sighed Mary Frances, picking him 





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up. ''Oh, dear! He is so anxious to help that he 
forgets his manners; but he will learn some day." 

"I'll call the fairy/' thought the little girl, and 
she said her magic rhjine. 

"Why, everybody is all ready for the next lessons," 
said Fairly Flew, looking around after she had greeted 
Mary Frances. "We will start at once — 

To Make a Slip Knot 
Material : About 2 yards four-fold Germantown wool. 
One pair bone knitting needles No. 6. 

Cut 1 
Hold yarn in hands as shown in this picture. 

Cut 2 
Let upper thread fall behind the second finger of left hand. 

Cut 3 
Catch it between the first and second fingers. 

Cut 4 
Pull hard on the thread in the right hand bringing the loop 
off the left-hand fingers. 

Cut 5 
Draw knot up tight. 

Cut 6 
Slip the loop on a knitting needle and draw it up close. 




'lyfewill start at once! 




PLATE 4 — Motion Pictures Showing the Right Way to Make a Slip Knot — First 
Step in Knitting. See Page 148 




ARY FRANCES found that her fingers 
were pretty clumsy in doing this exercise. 
She wished that Fairly Flew would give 
her a magic lesson. 

"No," said the fairy, as though reading her 
thoughts, "I cannot do that. Everybody has to 
learn in the same old way — ^by — trying — ■ 

' If at first you don't succeed, 
Try, try again.' " 

Mary Frances tried harder than ever, and when 
she had made a slip knot, every one 
delighted. 

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"Now," said Fairly Flew, "now, you are ready 
to try a new exercise." 

"Now, it is Knit or Knack's turn," thought Mary 
Frances, as she took up a knitting needle. It hap- 
pened to be Knack. 

The fairy smiled and nodded her approval; then 
she said, "Now, pay very careful attention, and try 

To Cast on Stitches with the Fingers 

Material : About 2 yards four-fold Germantown wool. 
One pair bone knitting needles No. 6. 

Cut 1 
Make slip knot about one-half yard from end of yarn. 
Draw it up on one knitting needle, holding yarn in position 
shown in this picture. 

Cut 2 
Catch hold of the shorter end of yarn with the left hand, and 
It ll^B Belied ^^^^ hands in the positions shown in this picture. 

Cut 3 
Turn the left hand around to the position shown in this 
picture. With the right hand push the needle farther through 
the loop on left thumb, and with the first finger of the right hand 
throw the yarn over the point of the needle. 





' Naw,|)ay attention 




PUTE 5— Motion Pictures Showing How to Cast On Knitting Stitches with the 
Fingers. See Description, Page 150 



Casting On Stitches 



151 



Cut 4 
Draw the yarn tight and 

Cut 5 
bring the needle toward you through the loop on the thumb. 

Cut 6 
Push the loop backward from the point of the needle. 

Cut 7 
Pull the loop downward. 

Cut 8 
Let go of the loop and catching hold of the end of yarn in 
the left hand with the fingers and thumb, draw the loop up tight 
against the needle. 




Xoot 



"Tfry, try ^pin! 




"¥il^OT two keep 6"' 




^VERYONE watched Mary Frances as she 
tried to follow Fairly Flew's instruc- 
tions ; but the little girl had to try several 
times before she could do the exercise well. 

''You didn't get the knack of it at first/' said the 
Yarn Baby, ''but you do splendidly now." 

"She has had Knack in the hand all the time/' 
whispered Crow Shay to Knit, who began to laugh. 
Hearing Knit laugh, Knack began to laugh, too. 
"Why, I can scarcely hold this needle still!" 
exclaimed Mary Frances, and Knack and Knit stopped 
gigghng. 

"You made them laugh ! " whispered the Yarn Baby ffi^^ 
to Crow Shay, but he pretended not to hear. 

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"The first work in knitting," said Fairly Flew, 
"is the casting of stitches or loops on one knitting 
needle. There are several different ways of doing 
this." 

"Yes," said the little girl, "I have seen Aunt Maria 
cast on stitches with two knitting needles." 

"You will learn that method later on," Fairly Flew 
promised; "but next — " 

She did not finish the sentence because Crow Shay 
was attracting everybody's attention by his funny 
antics. He couldn't seem to keep still, but kept hop- 
ping up and down on the table so hard that it made 
a constant tap-tap-tap! 

''Watch me, Knit," he was whispering, "you'll 
soon be surprised to see me help you." Then he 
began to giggle. 

"The little tease!" exclaimed Fau-ly Flew. Then 
turning to Mary Frances she continued: "I see that 
you have your needle well filled with cast-on stitches. 
They look nice and even, and you could knit them off 
quite easily when shown how to use the other needle; 
but before you learn to take stitches off, I wish to tell 
you about another easy way to cast on stitches. 





PLATE 6 — Motion Pictures Showing How to Cast On Kmttinc; Stuchks with a 
Crochkt Hook. See Description, Page 155 



Crow Shay Helps Knit 



155 



To Cast On Stitches with a Crochet Hook 
(See picture on opposite page) 
Material: Germantown zephyr. 
One pair bone knitting needles No. 6, crochet hook No. 3. 

Cut 1 

1. Make a sHp knot in the end of the yarn and slip it on the 
knitting needle. Do not pull the slip knot very close to the 
needle. Hold slip knot with thumb and second finger of left 
hand and with right hand shp the crochet hook into the slip knot 
back of the knitting needle. Put hook under yarn and pull a loop 
through the slip knot. Still hold slip knot with thumb and first 
fimger of left hand. 

Cut 2 

2. Bring the crochet hook in front of the knitting needle; 
wrap, and draw a loop through the loop on the crochet hook. 

Cut 3 

3. With first finger of left hand throw the yarn back over 
point of knitting needle, 

Cut 4 
and make another stitch with the crochet hook. 

Continue doing this until the number of stitches wanted are 
cast on the needle. Slip the last loop on the crochet hook over 
the point of the knitting needle. 

•Other methoda of casting on stitches are shown on pages 150 and 261. 




To cast 



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"She got the knack of that very quickly," said the 
Yarn Baby to Wooley Ball. 

"No wonder," whispered Crow Shay. "I was 
there to help her." 

"Many people would find the crochet method 
easier than other methods, but it is not to be preferred 
where the edges of garments must be stretched," 
Fairly Flew went on to explain. "It is not a good 
method to use in setting up the bottom of a sweater, 
because the edge should be very elastic; but if you 
are making a doll's shawl, for instance, the crocheted 
cast-on stitches would be all right." 

"See that, Knit and Ivnack! 
You thought Crow Shay 
Wouldn't be needed 
For many a day!" 

Crow Shay whispered to the knitting needle twins, 
who only laughed at him and chcked their heads 
together. 

"Isn't he funny?" said Knit. 

"Isn't he funny?" said Knack. 




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Crow Shay Helps Knit 



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"Funny Sonny 
Cried on Monday, 
Played on Tuesday, 
Knit on Wednesday, 
Crowed on Thursday, 
Shayed on Friday, 
Smiled on Saturday, 
Laughed on Sunday," 



recited Crow Shay to them in a low voice. 

"Say it out loud," said Fairly Flew. 

Crow Shay looked embarrassed, but he knew that 
he must do as the fairy told him, so he repeated the 
lines, which set everyone laughing. 

"He's so full of mischief," said Fairly Flew, "that 
sometimes he doesn't know what he is saying." 

Crow Shay began to look very solemn and wise, 
which made them all laugh again; but they s 
very suddenly as Billy's voice called: 

"Mary Frances!" 





i|y it out huil 




'1 Imov vkMym wish to do' 




OODNESS, Billy, you made me jump!" 
exclaimed Mary Frances, running down- 
stairs to meet him. 
''Sorry," said Billy. ''I couldn't find you down 
here and guessed that you'd be in the sewing room. 
What keeps you there so long? " 

''Oh, I told you, BiUy — I am practicing knitting!" 
Mary Frances replied. 

''Well, it must be lots of fun," Billy said. "It^^ 
certainly keeps you quiet enough. Come on, and fc^ Ol^d^ 
have a game of tennis." inne JMUltp! 

Mary Frances went to find her hat and jacket. J ^ 

"When I know how, I shall make myself* a 
sweater," she thought. "I should like to make one for 

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mother first though — a pink one trimmed with 
gray." 

"Come on, Mary Frances," called Billy, "aren't 
you ready?" 

"Coming," cried Mary Frances, running out the 
door. 



you: 



In about an hour and a half she came back to the 
room. "Oh, I have been so worried!" she exclaimed. 
"Dear Knitting and Crocheting People, I forgot 
entirely to give Mary Marie her bottle." 

"I gave her her pacifier," said Crow Shay. 

"Oh, what a story!" cried Knit. 

"Oh, what a story!" cried Knack. 

"I am glad that he didn't," said Mary Frances. 
"I do not often let her have if for fear it will spoil 
the shape of her pretty mouth. I must run and give 
her her bottle now." 

"I thought the Httle Miss was joking," Crow Shay 
said as soon as she had gone. "I never heard of a 
baby taking a bottle if she was old enough to go to 
school, did you? " 




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To Knit a Stitch 



161 



"Oh, keep still, Crow Shay," whispered the Yarn 
Baby. ''You know all about it. You know that 
Mary Marie is only " 

Just then Mary Frances came back. 

"Mary Marie was sound asleep," she said, "so I 
didn't disturb her. Now I'll work hard to learn the 
next lesson," and she repeated the little verse, 

"Fairy Fairly Flew, 
Please come, for I need you;" 

and the fairy appeared. 

"I've been waiting to be called," she said set- 
thng quickly in the doll's rocker, "for you have 
such an important lesson to learn. Quickly set up 
fifteen stitches on one knitting needle." 

"Which method shall I use?" thought Mary 
Frances, picking up Knack. ''I believe I will use the'^Yig, 
first one I learned," she decided, and soon had the 
fifteen stitches ready. She broke off the short end of 
yarn which was hanging from the needle. 

"Now," said Fairly Flew, "now, you are ready to 
learn how — 





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knot!" 



To Knit Plain 

Material: Knitting worsted or four-fold German town zephyr 
in any color. 

One pair bone knitting needles, No. 6, 7, or 8. 

With the fingers, cast about 15 stitches on one needle. Tie 
the short end of yarn to the long end in a single knot close to the 
needle. Cut off short end. 

Cut 1 
Take up the other knitting needle with the thumb and 
fingers of the right hand, and slip the point of the right-hand 
knitting needle into the first loop on the left-hand needle, holding 
work in the position shown in the picture. Let the point 
of tlie right-hand needle stick out beyond the loop about an 
inch. 

Cut 2 

Now spread open the thumb and finger of the right hand, 
and sHde the hand forward until you can lift the thread which is 
over your first finger over the point of the right needle. 

Cut 3 
Now slide the right hand back into the position shown in this 
picture, and put the first finger of your left hand on the point of the 
right-hand needle, and push the right-hand needle back until the 
point is even with the left needle. 




"Well knit 



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PLATE 7 — Motion Pictures Showing How to Knit Plain 
See Description, Page 162 



To Knit a Stitch 163 

Cut 4 

Bring the point of the right-hand needle over the front 
of the left-hand needle. This carries a new loop on to the 
right-hand needle. 

Cut 5 
Slide the right-hand needle to the point of the left needle. 

Cut 6 

Slip the end loop on the left needle ofT the point of the 
left needle, holding back the other loops on the left needle with 
the finger and thumb. 

Continue to knit in this way until all the stitches are 
knitted off the left needle. 

Now place the needle with the new stitches on, in the left 
hand. Do not knit the first stitch off the needle, but slip it off 
the needle without knitting. Always slip the first stitch on a row 
unless told to do otherwise. 



To Slip a Stitch '"'(L' ^^ ^<=^. 

Put the point of the right-hand needle through the first ri ^'jl.O 
stitch, and sUp it over the top of the left needle. liViRuil^ 

Continue to knit plain across the row. 





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Don't bra^ 



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)te drew up the striE^i 




ARY FRANCES had so much trouble 
getting the knack of this lesson that her 
fingers seemed Hke "all thumbs," try as 
she would. 

"You are a little nervous, my dear," said Fairly 
Flew. "Do not get discouraged. Some day you will 
laugh at yourself for having trouble in doing this, 
because knitting will be as easy — what is very easy?" 
she asked. 

"Billy says, 'as easy as rolling out of bed/ " 
laughed Mary Frances. 

"Well, 'as easy as rolling out of bed,' " finished ''Yolll M"^ 
the fairy. ^ HerVOlUSi 

How Mary Frances wished that that time had 

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come, or that the fairy would offer her her magic 
needles. 

"I cannot offer you my magic needles you know," 
went on Fairly Flew; "but I can help you learn the 
lesson. Just watch me closely." 

She pulled two tiny gold knitting needles from her 
pocket. The heads of the needles sparkled so that 
Mary Frances thought they must be diamonds. 

Then the fairy drew some fine yarn from her pocket 
and began to do the lesson just as she had given the 
directions to Mary Frances. 

''Now, watch me closely," she said, "and take 
your needles and do exactly as I do." 

Before Mary Frances realized it, she had fifteen 
nice rows of knitting done. 

' "Isn't that splendid!" exclaimed Fairly Flew. 
"Now you are ready to learn — 

How TO Bind Off 

(How to Finish Knitted Work) 

Note. — When first learning how to bind off work it is easier 
to use a crochet hook in the right hand in place of the knitting 
needle, as shown in the picture on page 167. 




Isift that splendid 



Mary Frances Really Knits 



167 



In doing this work make very loose stitches. 

1. Knit the first 2 stitches of the last row of work on to a 
No. 4 crochet hook. 

2. Slip the left needle into the first loop on the crochet hook 
and pull this stitch over the top of the hook, and over the stitch 
nearest the hook. 



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How TO Bind Off 

3. "Knit another stitch, still using the crochet hook in place 
of the right-hand knitting needle. "'■ 

4. With the left-hand needle lift the first loop on the crochet 
needle over the stitch just made and over the hook of the crochet 
needle. 

5. Continue doing this until there is but one stitch on the 
crochet needle. Break off the yarn about 1 inch from the work, 
and pull it all the way through this last stitch. 



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''Good 



Of course, Mary Frances did not find it difficult 
to follow these directions, because she watched Fairh^ 
Flew do the work and made each stitch just as the 
fairy made it. 

"That is splendidly done," said the fairy as Mary 
Frances broke off the yarn and fastened the last 
stitch. ''For the next lesson you will make some- 
thing for Mary Marie." 

"Oh, I do not see how I can wait until to-morrow 
to start!" exclaimed Mary Frances. 

"But you'd better not work any more now — besides, 
my time is up for to-day," said Fairly Flew. " It wiU not 
seem long until to-morrow, because you'll be asleep 
for all night, you know." 

So Mary Frances put away her work. 

"Good-bye, dear friends," she said as she went 
away. 

"Good-bye. We'll all be ready and waiting 
to-morrow," everybody promised at once. 




?f 



Qood bye 





POINQ*IT'OVER'ii&/tIW 



S soon as Mary Frances opened her eyes 

the next morning she thought of the 

promised lesson. 

"ril hurry and dress," she whispered. ''Perhaps 

I can start my lesson before breakfast. I wonder if 

the Knitting People are awake yet?" 

Soon she was dressed, and ran to the sewing 
room. 

''Good morning," everybody greeted her as she 
entered. 

This surprised her quite a little. „, 

"Why, good morning, my dear friends," she ^(^ 
replied. "I thought maybe you wouldn't be awake morMg^J 
yet. It is so early." 

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" Give me a shake 
If I'm not awake 
Before anyone else 
Jumps into the cake/' 

sang Crow Shay. 

''Jumps into the cake!" exclaimed Mary Frances. 
"Why, what has that to do with your waking up?" 

"Oh, nothing," answered Crow Shay, "only I 
couldn't think of any other word to rhyme.". 

Then Mary Frances laughed and said the little 
magic verse, 

''Fairy Fairly Flew, 
fr^. Please come, for I need you." 

Give me 

2. c^k^k-p""' "Good morning," Fairly Flew said; and before 
° Mary Frances could reply, she added, "How pleased 
we are to see you so bright and early because you 
are so anxious to learn your lesson." 

"And because I am so anxious to make something 
for my dolly," said Mary Frances. 

"Well, you may start right away/' and Fairly 
Flew began to give the instructions for making — 





rJimtps into the cake' 



Doing it Over Again 



171 



Doll's Knitted Shawl 
(See picture opposite page 72 — color plate) 
Material: Four-fold pink Germantown zephyr. 
Needles: one pair No. 5 knitting 
needles, one crochet hook No. 3. 

1. Cast on 23 stitches Knit plain 
until shawl is 14 inches long; and bind off. 

2. Trim ends with fringe, cutting the 
strands of yam each 4 inches long. Put 
2 strands in every other stitch at ends of 
shawl and pull through with crochet hook. 
(See directions for making fringe, page 
69.) 

Mary Frances set to work with 
great pleasure, and before Katie 
called her to breakfast she had eight rows of knitting 
done. 

After helping Katie to dry the breakfast dishes, 
she sat in the hammock and did six more Vr^n<p|T^ 
rows. t ^ jL'T" 

"Won't Fairly Flew be surprised when she sees - 

this!" she thought as she started upstairs. 

The fairy was waiting in the little rocker when 
she entered the room. 






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"Oh!" she exclaimed, ''isn't that lovely! You 
have done some work all by yourself." 

''Yes," said ^lary Frances, "I wanted to surprise 
you, but somehow it seems to me that the rows I 
have just knitted do not look quite so even as those 
I did when I was with you." 

"Let me look at them more closely," said the 
fairy, and when Mary Frances laid her w^ork on the 
table she bent close over it. 

"Oh, my dear!" she said in her tiny voice. "Oh, 
my dear, you have dropped some stitches! See?" 
and she pointed to the loose threads. 

Mary Frances picked up her work and stretched 
these places open. The stitches ripped apart. 

"My, I am so disappointed!" she exclaimed. 
"WhatshaUIdo?" 

"You must puU out your needle and rip out all 
your stitches back to the beginning of the row where 
you see your first mistake," said the fairy. 

Try as she would, Mary Frances couldn't keep the 
tears from coming to her eyes as she ripped out 
the stitches which she had made with so much 
pleasure. 



C(0)uto' 




te^rSc 



Doing it Over Again 



173 



"Oh, see how wrinkled the yarn is!" she cried. 
"I guess it will look awful when it is used again!" 

'^No," said the fairy, "it will not. Why, many a 
grown person has unraveled a whole sweater and 
used the yarn again." 

"I shouldn't think used yarn would make any- 
thing very nice," said Mary Frances. 

"Yes, it does, if it is steamed." 

"Why, how can it be steamed?" asked the little 
girl, wondering. 

"To steam the crinkles out of used yarn, lay it 
in a towel. Place the towel in a wire strainer or 
colander. Place the strainer for five minutes over a 
kettle of boiling water, but not touching the water., 
Let the yarn dry in the strainer with the towel open." 

"Isn't that fine to know!" said Mary Frances. ^t€M 
"Shall I go steam this?" She held up the pink yarn. 

"No," rephed the fairy. "That has been ripped 
so soon after making that you will not have any 
trouble with it. Try, and see." 

So Mary Frances started bravely to work again. 
When she had done the seven rows which she had 
ripped out Fairly Flew said, "How well youhave 





Place iivB colander. 



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done, little girl! Now, you may finish the shawl with 
my magic needles." 

You can imagine, can't you, just how pleased 
Mary Frances was when the fairy's golden diamond- 
headed needles finished the shawl in a minute? 

All this time Crow Shay had watched -^ith spark- 
hng eyes everything that happened. 

Fairly Flew now turned to him and said, "You 
have been so very good, Crow Shay, that you may 
make the fringe on this shawl." 
Tl)Ti;^TiRO'!n(rl Mary Frances couldn't help laughing to see the 



headed = 



little fellow tumble head foremost into the little 
shawl and kick the fringe on the ends in less time than 
it would take to tell you how to do it/ 




Kick the Irig^. 




OVELYs'awl," laughed the pleased dolly, 
when Mary Frances tried the little shawl 
on Mary Marie. ''Nice warm st'etchy 
shawl/' as she wrapped it close over her shoulders. She 
meant stretchy, you know. 

Mary Frances carried her into the sewing room, 
'Ho thank her kind friends who taught her mamma 
to make it," which pleased them all very much. 

When Mary Frances started to take the shawl off, 
Mary Marie cried, " 'Oo tan't hab my s'awl; I'll be 
told," so Mary Frances sat her on the table with the 
shawl around her, and gave her her doll to play 
with. 

"Mary M'rie needs a nice 'ittle bonnet, to wear wif 

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'iss s'awl," said Mary Marie, looking up after a 
minute. "Mary M'rie's ears are told." 

''I will go get your little cap/' said ]\Iary Frances, 
starting to go find it. 

''No, no, Mamma," cried the doll-baby. "Don't 
want tap. I want bonnet. Teep ears warm," and 
she began to rub her little ears. 

Mary Frances laughed. "You can pull your cap 
down on your ears, dearie," she said. 

"No," said Fairly Flew, "what ^lary Marie wants 
is a real little bonnet, just as she says — one that will 
tie under her chin and cover her ears. Yarn Baby 
has just been waiting to give you the rules for making — 

Doll's Knitted Hood 
(See picture opposite page 230 — color plate) 
Materials: Two-fokl pink and two-fold white Saxony 
wool. 

One pair knitting needles, No. 2. 

Directions: 

1. Cast on 55 stitches with pink wool. 

2. Knit plain for 4^ inches. 

3. Break off pink wool and tie on the white wool, and knit 



4o inches. Bind off the work. 




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To Form the Hood 

1. Fold the strip together across the two colors along the 
line o and h. 

2. Sew (overhand) with Saxony wool along edges o c 
and 6 d. 

3. Turn inside out to put seams on the inside. 

4. Now fold on the line where the two colors are joined, and 
overhand the colors together on the open edge. 

5. Thread a long-eyed needle with three-quarter yard narrow 
pink ribbon and sew with small basting stitches along the edge 
just overhanded — to use to tie cap. 

6. Fasten ribbon rosettes on each corner for trimming. 

Fairly Flew's magic needles lay on the table, but 
Mary Frances did not like to use them without the 
fairy's special permission. So she took Knit and 
Knack up in her hand, and they did their very best to 
help her, sliding into the stitches almost by themselves. 

In fact, they did so well that it did not take Mary 
Frances long to finish the little cap. 

"Isn't that boo'ful!" exclaimed Mary Marie, 
clapping her hands as Mary Frances held it up to 
view. ''Pit it on, Mamma. Please pit it on Mary 
M'rie!" 

"Wait until I put on the strings, dear," said 




skecL 




tie ca^ c 




178 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

Mary Frances. ''I have just the right kind of ribbon 
in my httle doll's trunk." And she went to find it. 

Very soon Mary Marie had on the beautiful soft 
warm hood. 

''Oh, doesn't she look sweet in that?" exclaimed 
Mary Frances, kissing her. 

"Ears nice and warm. Mamma. Mary M'rie 
s'eepy now." And Mary Frances carried her off to 
bed. 

"T'ank 'oo all, berry much," said Mary Marie, 
throwing kisses, as Mary Frances stopped in the door- 
way for a minute. 



ht kind 




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HEN Mary Frances came back, Crow 
Shay asked her a question. 

''Little Miss," he said/' what's a purl?" 
A pearl?" said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by 
his asking such a question. "A pearl is a precious 
stone found in oysters." 

"Oh, no J I beg your pardon," said Crow Shay. 
"A purl is a precious stitch found in knitting." 
"Is he crazy?" Mary Frances wondered. 
"No," laughed the fairy, "he isn't crazy. He is v 
right about this; it is now time that you learn how to 
make ribbed work in knitting. This is called purling. 
How would you Hke to learn to purl and, at the same 
time, make a bean bag for Mary Marie? " 

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"Oh, that would be splendid!" cried Mary Frances, 
very much pleased. 

"All right, then," said the Yarn Baby; ''listen 
carefully, and you will find out how to make a 




Doll's 



Doll's Knitted Bean Bag 

(See picture opposite page 168 — color plate) 

Material: Four-fold red, white, and blue Germantown zephyr. 
Two steel knitting needles, No. 12. 
Bone crochet hook, No. 3. 

Directions : 

1. With red yarn, cast on 12 stitches. 

2. Knit 1 row across. 

3. The next row will be purled. Slip off the first stitch 
without knitting. 



How to Purl 
Cut 1 

Throw the yarn In front of the right-hand needle by throw- 
ing it over the point of the needle just as if taking a knitting 
stitch, but do not put the point of the needle into any stitch on the 
left-hand needle before throwing the yam over the point of the right- 
hand needle. 




XisteR carefully, 




PLATE 8 — How to Ptjrl. See Description, Page 180 



What's a Purl? 



181 



Cut 2 

Now put the point of the right needle into the next stitch 
on the left needle pointing the right needle toward the base of 
the left thumb. 

Cut 

Throw the yarn over the point of the right needle in just the 
same way as in plain knitting. 

Next, pull the right needle back and slip it under the left 
needle. Slip the top stitch on the left needle off the 
point of the left 
needle. The yarn will 
then be in the right 
position for purling the 
next stitch. 

Continue to purl 
all the way across the 
row. 

4. Slip off the first 
stitch and plain knit off 
the other stitches in 
the next row. 

By this time you 
will notice that when 
you are purling you are doing the work on the wrong side. 

5. Slip off the first stitch on the next row. After slipping 
off this stitch, throw the yarn in front of the right needle and purl 
across the row. 





Beicatk 



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td 




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Rice. 



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6. Continue knitting and purling every other row until the 
piece of work is 2 inches long. Bind off. This forms one side of 
the bean bag. 

7. Make another piece like this for the other side, using the 
blue yarn. 

To Make the Bean Bag 

1. Make a little bag of soft cotton cloth and partly fill it 
with rice. 

2. Lay the red and blue pieces together, backs facing each 
other and "ribs" running in the same direction. 

3. With the white yam, crochet the edges together with 
/| single crochet, leaving one end open. Slip the cloth bag inside 

the knitted bag and finish crocheting it together. 

(^ Mary Frances found that purling seemed quite 

Q awkward to do at first, but after she had done half a 

Q ^ dozen rows, the stitches formed much more easily. 

When she finished the red square she stopped to admire 
the pretty even rows of ribs. Just as she finished put- 
ting the bean bag together, the bell rang for luncheon. 
"I'll bring the rice back with me after lunch," 
she said, '^if Katie will give it to me." 




Crocket ed^eS) tq^then 




HEN she came back, Mary Frances had 
the rice; and she soon finished the httle 
bean bag. 
''Won't Mary Marie be delighted with this sur- 
prise?" she said. ''I feel almost Hke waking her up." 
"Oh, don't do that," said Fairly Flew, ''because 
we will soon have another surprise for her if you will 
work hard." 

"Indeed I will," promised Mary Frances. "I 
wonder what it is?" 

"Guess!" said Crow Shay. 

"A — a. wash rag?" guessed Mary Frances. 

"No," said Fairly Flew. "Guess again." 

"A— a stocking?" guessed Mary Frances again. ^^ir|riae. 

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184 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

"Oh, no." laughed Crow Shay, 

"It's something better — 
It's a sweater." 

"Is it?" cried Mary Frances. "Is it? Why, 
that's just exactly what I'd wish for most of all 
things!" 

"It is," answered Fairly Flew, "and this time 
Wooley Ball is going to give the directions." 

"Oh, I am so glad!" exclaimed Mary Frances. 
"I have wondered and wondered why she is so quiet." 

Everybody looked at Crow Shay. Crow Shay 
looked ashamed. 

TtS a "I'll tell you about it," he said at length. "You 

SW^^t^ro ' ^^®' I talked so much that Wooley Ball made a bar- 
gain with me. She said that if I would talk only 
half that I wanted to, she wouldn't talk at all, and 
we've both kept our bargain." 

Then everybody began to laugh. Wooley Ball 
laughed most heartily of all. 

"You see, it isn't hard for me to keep the bargain," 
she said, "because, while I like to tell about yarns, 




"Woaley Ball lagged. 



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185 



I'm not much of a yarn spinner. Still, if our Fairly 
Flew wishes, I shall feel honored to tell how to make — 

Doll's Knitted Sleeveless Sweater 
(See frontispiece — color plate) 

Material: Tur- 
quoise blue double 

wool floss, and gray " " """ '^^3^^"^^^ 

teazle yarn for trim- 
ming. 

2 Bone knitting needles 
No. 3, crochet hook No. 3. 
Directions : 
To Knit the Back of the Sweater 

1, Cast on 32 stitches and 
knit plain for 15 ribs. A rib 
is made by knitting a row 
across and a row back again. 
Two rows form a rib in knitting. 

2, To form the waist line, 
knit 2 stitches and purl 2 
stitches for 6 rows. 

3. Knit 15 more ribs plain, 
shoulder of the sweater. 

4. To Knit the Shoulder. — Knit 
slip them off on a safety pin. (See 





'Fairly 
Flew. 




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186 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

To Slip off Stitches Needed Later 
(Sec picture on page 185) 
In doing this work, point the safoty-pin toward the last 
stitch on the right-hand needle, and slip it off the needle on to the 
pin. Slip the rest of the stitches in the same way. Clasp the 
safety-pin. Very large safety-pins are made for the purpose. 

5. Bind off the next 12 stitches to form back of neck. 

6. Knit 4 ribs on the remaining 10 stitches to form the 
shoulders. (See picture on page 187.) 

7. Now increase the number of stitches. Make 1 new stitch 
on every other rib (that is, on one row of every other rib). Add 
the extra stitch to the neck end of front of sweater. 

To Increase or Add a Stitch in Knitting 

Knit 1 stitch on the front thread of 1 stitch, and without 

slipping a stitch off the end of the left needle bring the right 

needle over the point of the left needle. Knit another stitch on 

the back thread of the same stitch. In doing this, point the needle 

1 ju^°"-L 1 through the back thread away from you. Slip top loop off left needle. 

8. Increase the number of stitches as explained in No. 7 until 
you have 16 stitches on the knitting needle, and continue to knit 
in ribs without increasing until there arc 20 ribs from the starting 
of the shoulder. 

9. Then knit 2 and purl 2 stitches for 6 rows. 

10. Then knit 15 ribs plain and bind off the work. 

11. To start making the other shoulder, unclasp safety pin 
and hold knitting needle pointing toward point of safety pin. 




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187 



Take 1 stitch at a time off the safety pin on to the knitting 
needle. Fasten the wool at corner of neck. 

Then make other front hke the one just finislKd. 

Sew fronts and back together along 
line a b, pinning a to a, and b to b. 
The space between a and a will form 
(See frontispiece.) 



the armhole. 

To Make the Collar 
(See page 188.) 

1. With gray teazle yarn cast on 
26 stitches, and knit 2 ribs. 

2. Break off the gray yam and tie 
on the blue yam . . 

3. Knit 8 ribs of blue. 

4. Knit 8 stitches. Slip them on to 
a safety pin. 

5. Bind off 10 stitches for the 
neck, and on the other 8 stitches 
knit 11 ribs of blue. Break off yarn. 

6. Join the gray yam and knit 2 
ribs. Bind off the work. 

7. Take the 8 stitches off the 
safety pin on to the knitting needle 
and make the other side of the c(jllar 
in the same way. Sew the collar to 
the sweater with blue yarn. 








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To Make the Tie 
Crochet 15 chain stitches and hang a tassel to the end for 
trimming; or instead of making a tassel, crochet single crochet 

stitches over a little brass 
ring if you have one; or 

Wind the yarn around 
a lead pencil 8 times. With- 
out breaking the yarn slip 
the ring thus formed off the 
pencil. (See picture p. 189.) 

(a) Tie it together with 
sewing thread. 

(b) Make single crochet 
stitches over the ring until 
it is filled, and without 
breaking the yarn, make a 
chain of 15 stitches. 

Sew the chain to the sweater at the end of the collar. 
Make another tie in this same way. 

~ ^„ J When the beautiful little sweater was finished, 

Wlind on with the help of the magic knitting needles, Mary 





l(L\ 



g]];|£i|Frances was too happy for words, and Mary Marie 
danced up and down with joy. 

" 'Et Mary M'rie see herse'f in the glass!" she 
begged. ''Please, Mamma, 'et her loot at et!" 




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189 





To Make the Tie 

So Mary Frances stood her before the doll's 
bureau. 

"Isn't I tweet?" said the proud doll-baby, ''I 
mean, isn't it tweet? — I mean, isn't we tweet?" and^^ 
set everyone laughing. iTitTyom 

"Oh," exclaimed Mary Frances, looking out of thel^IUliy 
window, "here comes the postman. I hope he has a 
letter from mother." And she ran to the door. 




Isn't 1 tu&tt? " 




" Tke Tery thincL 




ISTEN!" she said, coming back after a 
few moments. "Listen while I read my 
letter: 



Dear Mary Frances: 

How glad you will all he to hear that father is so much 
better that Aunt Maria and I are planning to bring him 
home some day next week. 

What dear good children you and Billy have been, 
and how we have enjoyed your splendid cheerful letters. 

I am pleased that you have been practicing on your 
crocheting lesson. It pleases Aunt Maria, too. Every 
girl should be able to crochet and knit. I wish I had 
been taught when I was little — but I had no Aunt Maria. 

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Aimt 
Miria. 




''Dear Ylmy Yrmne^J' 



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Now, my dear, be brave a little while longer and not 
too lonely, for the sake of your loving 

Mother and Father. 



'Xovely 



"Now, isn't that a lovely letter!" said Mary 
Frances, as she finished reading. 

"Lovely letter!" said Crow Shay. "Lovely letter, 
but it means a hurry-hurry to get through our lessons!" 

Mary Frances looked at Fairly Flew. 

"Yes," the fairy acknowledged, "the Queen of all 
Fairies told us that we must finish the lessons before 
your parents " 

''And aunt," interrupted Crow Sha}'. 

"Yes," laughed Fairly Flew, "and aunt, come 
home." 

"Oh, dear," cried Mary Frances, "I love my lessons 
60 much, and yet I do want my father and mother 
home." 

"Never mind," said the fairy, "never mind; 
Cf! let us finish the lessons as soon as we can; and after- 
ward if you need me very much, and call me with the 
magic rhyme when no real people can overhear us, I 
will come sometimes to help you." 




Ifever miind 



Good News 



193 



"Oh, will you?" exclaimed Mary Frances, drying 
her tears. "That is a real comfort to think of." 

"Now, go take a walk," continued Fairly Flew; 
"you have been indoors long enough for to-day." 

"Take me walk, Mamma?" asked Mary Marie. 

Mary Frances looked at the fairy. 

"Shall I take her?" she asked; "and may I leave 
her sweater on?" 

"Take her, by all means" answered the fairy; 
"and, if you wish, you may leave her sweater on." 

"But suppose someone asks me who made it?" 
Mary Frances said. 

"Just say that some dear friends of yours helped 
make it," the fairy told her. 

"Will Mary Marie stay alive?" Mary Frances 
asked. 

"The Queen of Fairies told me that she would be 
real while you are learning to crochet and knit, except 
when any other person than yourself looked at her. 
Then she wiU turn into a doU again." 

"Oh, isn't this wonderful!" exclaimed the little 
girl, putting on Mary Marie's cap. "I'll try to take 
a walk where no one will notice us — and I'll come early 





" T^ke me walk , MammiL' 



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for a lesson to-morrow. I love my lessons so much 
that I never want to stop learning. '^ 

"All work, and no play 
Will make you dumb as me, Crow Shay," 

sang Crow Shay as Mary Frances went out. 



M v®rfc 




Mtry Brarices vent oMto 




HE next morning when Mary Frances 
went into the sewing room, Fairly Flew 
was sitting in the rocker waiting for her. 
"Is there anything which you particularly would 
like to learn to make?" she asked. 

"Yes," repUed Mary Frances. "I would love to 
learn how to make an outfit for the aviator doll in 
Billy's airship." 

"Hurrah!" cried Crow Shay. 
"Hurrah!" cried Knit. 
"Hurrah!" cried Knack. 

"Why are they so pleased? ' asked Mary Frances, -n ^ . 
"Because that is just what we had planned," said Wtltl^ 
Fairly Flew. " So Hsten while I tell you how to make— loT htT. 

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Aviator Doll's Knitted Helmet 
(See picture opposite page 168 — color plate) 

One pair knitting bone needles 
No. 3. 

Material: Olive drab or khaki 
color knitting worsted. 

Directions : 

1. Cast on 22 stitches. 

2. Knit plain 76 ribs (a rib is a 
row across and back). 

3. Bind off. 



'Read^for 




To Make the Helmet 
Fold it across the middle and 
sew (overhand) 2 edges together the 
length of the doll's head in back 
with the yarn. Then sew front 
edges together for a short space 
under the chin. 



war. 



Aviator Doll's Knitted Wristlets 

Material: Olive drab wool. 

One pair No. 12 steel knit- 
ting needles. 
Directions: 

1. Cast on 18 stitches. 





"Or coMT 



The Boy Aviator 



197 



2. Knit 1 stitch; purl 1 
stitch. 

3. Continue knitting 1 
stitch and purling 1 stitch 
until wristlets are If inches 
long. 

4. Fold edges together and 
sew up sides, leaving small 
opening close to one end for the 
thumb. 

Aviator Doll's Knitted 
Sleeveless Sweater 
Material: Olive drab or 

khaki color knitting worsted. 
Knitting needles: One 

pair No. 3 bone, and one pair 

No. 1 2 Bteel . One crochet hook 

No. 3. 

Directions : 

1. With the steel needles 
cast on 36 stitches. 

2. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 
12 rows. 

3. Next take one of the 
bone needles in your right 
hand and knit plain — all the 





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198 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

Btitches off the steel needle. Then knit 22 ribs with the bone 
needles. 

4. Knit 11 stitches and slip on to safety pin, in order to 
begin to form the neck. 

5. Bind off 14 stitches for neck. 

6. On the remaining 11 stitches knit 4 ribs for the 
shoulder. 

7. On this same needle cast on 14 stitches to form opposite 
side of neck. (See method of Casting On, pages 2G0 and 261.) 

8. Slip the 11 stitches (see No. 6) and the 14 new stitches on 
another safety pin. 

9. Take up the 11 stitches from the first safety pin (see 
No. 4) with a bone needle. Fasten wool at neck end; knit 4 ribs. 

iY|o 10. Knit back to outer edge of sweater. Then slip the 

blip Olil stitches off the other safety pin on to the same bone needle 



^^fe'tV BlfL^^^^ ^^^^ stitches made in direction No. 9. 
^ X 11. Make 22 ribs plain knit. 

12. Now take a steel needle in your right hand, and plain 
knit the stitches on the bone needle off on to the steel 
needle. 

13. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 rows and bind off the work. 

14. Sew sweater up under the arms, leaving about a 3-inch 
opening for each arm. 

Sew the sweater together in same way as in making the 
Doll's Knitted Sleeveless Sweater. 

15. Put 1 row of single croclu^t stitches around the neck and 
armholes for a finish. Do not make the stitches too tight. 




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The Boy Aviator 



199 



The fairy let Mary Frances use her magic needles, 
and the little outfit was finished before three o'clock 
in the afternoon. 

Mary Frances put the sweater and wristlets and 
helmet on the doll and hid it away. 

"I do not beheve that Billy will miss it/' she told 
the Knitting and Crocheting People; ''and I do want 
to surprise him some day. He will be so pleased." 

"That chap won't take cold on any of his air 
trips, no matter how high he goes," remarked Crow 
Shay, 

"In coldest weather. 
Without a feather. 
He'll feel Hke a bird 
Upon my word." 

"Oh, you're a httle parrot-bird yourself. Keep 
still, will you?" whispered Wooley Ball, laughing. 

"Perhaps Crow Shay is as pleased with this outfit 
as I am!" exclaimed Mary Frances. 

"We all are, I think," said Fairly Flew. "It was 
a good idea to ask you about what you wanted to 




aref 




Keep still .Wiilijroiii 



? 



"''Sports 



200 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

learn to make. Think up something for our next 
lesson." 

"Mamma/' whispered Mary Marie, "^lary M'rie 
wants a boo'ful steater wif a wooly tollar." 

"A sports sweater!" cried Mary Frances, softly. 
"The very thing!" 

"A sports sweater! The sweet little thing doesn't 
want much, does she?" said Crow Shay, who over- 
heard. "I could write all she doesn't want on a 
butterfly's wing." But no one paid any attention 
to him. 

Mary Frances began to thank Fairly Flew for ask- 
ing her about what she wanted to make, but before 
she could do so the fairy was gone. 




Steater wif wody toIJlar..' 



ISHMIiMHHM 



»..«»l„„-,«....^,..^^-.^-.„,.„.^-pjj,jgj^^jyj.j^jjj^ 



IMHiWIIIWHMi 




READY FOR CHUR'JH 

For Directions i-ok Making Knitted Article , Shown in this Illustration See 

Bedroom Slippers — 108 Crocheted Mittens — 211 Crocheted Socks— 228 

Knitted Muff — 257 Knitted Boa — 257 Crocheted Necklace — 253 




■riiiiiyaty»:»:»jmM 



IT-MARlE' 



I 



making — 



O the next day Mary Frances told Fairly 
Flew about what Mary Marie had asked, 
and the fairy gave her directions for 



Doll's Knitted Sports Sweater 
(See picture opposite page 72 — color plate) 
Material: Rose pink or turquoise blue wool floss, with gray 



Angora or teazle yarn for trimming. 
Two bone knitting needles No. 3. 
No. 10. Bone crochet hook No. 2. 



Two steel knitting needles 
Two small button molds. 



Directions : 

This work is begun at the back of the sweater. 

1. With pink or blue yarn cast on 40 stitches. 

2. Knit plain for 15 ribs (a rib is a row across and back). 

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Mary 




B(Diae IkinittiirK^ jneedle^^ 



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3. Knit the stitches off on 
to the steel needle. 

4. Knit 2, purl 2 for 8 
rows, then knit off the stitches 
on a bone needle. 

5. Knit 5 ribs of 40 
stitches. 

6. Then decrease 1 
stitch on each end 
on every rib (every 
other row) until 
there are only 32 
stitches on the 
needle. 

To Decrease Stitches in Knitting 
Put right needle through 
2 stitches on left needle and 
knit off as 1 stitch. 



€ nH^dllC/ *""" 7. Knit ribs of 32 stitches 

9? until there are 10 ribs from the waist line. 

8. Knit 10 stitches on the next row, and slip them off on a 
safety pin. 

9, Bind off 12 stitches for back of neck. There will now be 
10 stitches on the needle. 

10. Knit 4 ribs on these 10 stitches for shoulder. 





that 




''Aren't we prouid ! ^' 



Mary Marie's Sports Sweater 203 

To Make One Front 

11. Cast on 8 stitches* on neck end for front — to form re vers. 

12. Knit 6 ribs plain on the 18 stitches now on the needle. 

13. At under-arm edge increase by casting on 1 stitch on each 
rib until there are 24 stitches. 

14. Knit plain until there are 17 ribs from the front of the 
neck down. 

15. Take the stitches off on the steel needle and knit 2, 
purl 2, for 8 rows. 

16. Knit the stitches off on to the bone needle and knit 15 
ribs, and bind off. 

To Make Other Front 

17. Slip the stitches from the safety pin on to a bone needle. 
Fasten wool at neck end, and make other front like the one just 
finished. 

To Make Sleeve 

1. With bone needle, holding right side of sweater toward 
you, pick up 1 stitch on each rib around the armhole. (See page 

202.) On safet 

There should be 22 stitches on the needle, 11 on each side 
of center of shoulder. If you prefer, pick these stitches up with a 
crochet hook, and slip them on a knitting needle. 

2. On these 22 stitches, knit 10 ribs. 

3. On each end of the eleventh rib from the shoulder, narrow 
by taking off 2 stitches as 1. 

4. Knit twelfth rib plain. 

*See How to Cast On Stitchea with Knitting Needle, pages 260 and 261. 





Ten ribs? 



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Unit 6 



204 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

5. Narrow on each end of the thirteenth row by taking off 
2 stitches as 1. 

6. Continue to knit plain ribs until there are 19 ribs from 
the shoulder. Take off on to steel needle. 

7. Make 6 rows of knit 2, purl 2. 

8. Knit 1 rib plain. 

9. With wrong side of work toward you, fasten on the trim- 
ming wool. Knit 2 ribs, and bind off. (See cuffs, opposite 
page 72, color plate.) 

10. Make another sleeve like the one just finished. 

To Make the Collar 

1. With steel needles cast on 38 stitches of wool like body of 
sweater. 

2. Knit 6 ribs plain. 

3. Attach trimming yarn. Knit 4 ribs, increasing 1 stitch 
at each end of needle every other row. 

4. Bind off. 

6. Hold right side of collar toward you. Pick up 1 stitch on 
each rib on one front end of collar, and knit 4 rows, increasing 
1 stitch toward the corner on every other row. See picture below. 

6. Bind off. 

7. Do the same to the other end. Be sure to keep neck end even. 

8. Sew up mitered corners. 

9. Sew collar to neck of sweater. 

10. Sew sweater up under arms. 

11. Sew sleeves down to hand. 




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To Make the Cover of the Buttons 

1. With the trimming yarn, make 3 chain stitches. 

2. Put 8 single crochets in second chain stitch. 

3. Second row. Put 1 single crochet in first single crochet 
stitch (through both loops), 2 single crochets in second stitch, 
and so on to end of the row. 

4. Make 1 row without increasing and break off yarn. 

5. Thread a long-eyed needle with the yarn and sew cover 
over a button mold. Sew mold into place at waist of sweater. 

6. Make another button in the same way and sew it in place. 

To Make Loops for Buttons 

7. Fasten floss to one edge of ribbed waist line of sweater, 
and crochet a chain of 7 stitches. Fasten last stitch at other 
edge of waist line with a slip stitch. Break off floss and fasten. 

Make another loop on other side at waist line to fasten the 
other button. 

Even with the magic needles it took Mary Frances 
the whole morning to make the Httle sweater; but it 
was beautiful when finished, and Mary Marie sur- 
prised everybody by turning a somersault when ^^ry'^yjU^^ ^^ 
Frances had put it on her. A/r^ocs. n ^ 

''Now, I p'ay tennis and doff!" she exclaimed. ^'^^^ ^^^^ 
"Wish I had hat to doe wif it!" 

''Just what she does need!" said Crow Shay, who 





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greatly admired the sweater. ''Why not make her 
one?" and started to give the directions for making a — 




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Little Crocheted Hat 
(See frontispiece and picture opposite page 230 — color plate) 
Material: To match any sweater. 
Bone crochet hook No. 3. 
Directions : 

1. Make 3 chain stitches and join into a ring with slip stitch. 
Make 3 chains. 

2. Put 16 dou- 
ble crochets in the 
ring (counting the 
3 chains as if they 
were one double cro- 
chet) and join last 
double crochet 
stitch with the top 
of the 3 chain 
stitches. 

3. Second row: 
Make 3 chains. 
Throw yarn over 
hook. Put hook 
under first 3 chains, 
in row below. Draw 





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yarn through, and work off as a double crochet stitch. The next 
stitch is made in the same way: throw yarn over hook; put hook 
through under the whole double crochet stitch below and work 
off as a double crochet. (See picture above.) 

The work will look like the picture A, on the side toward 
you; and hke the picture B on the other side. (See page 208.) 

The ridged side is the outside of the hat. 

4. Put 2 double crochets around the next double crochet in 
the row below. Put 1 double crochet around the next stitch; 
2 around the next — and continue in this way around the whole 
row. You should have 8 sections of 2 double crochets together 
with 1 double crochet between them when row is finished. Join 
last double crochet with top of the 3 chains. 

5. Third row: Make 3 chains. Make 1 double crochet 
around the 3 chains of the row below. Put 1 double crochet 
around the first double crochet in row below. Put 1 double 




Make 3 
chains. 




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A . . . . B 

crochet around the second double crochet. Put 2 double 
crochets around the third double crochet. Repeat this direction 
around the entire row, and join. 

6. Continue making rows in this way, increasing as shown in 
the diagram below: 

1st row — 16 double crochet (dc stands for double crochet). 
2d row — 2 dc 1 dc 



3d row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


Idc 














4th row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 












5th row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 










Cth row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


1 dc 


Idc 


Idc 


1 dc 








7th row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 






8th row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


Idc 


1 dc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 




9th row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


1 dc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


1 dc 


Idc 


Idc 


10th row- 


-2dc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


Idc 


1 dc 


Idc 


1 dc 


Idc 



1 dc 




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In the tenth row you will have 9 double crochets between 
2 double crochets. Take care to have all the increases in a row 
from center out. 

7. Work the next 4 rows without increasing. 

8. On the next row, make 1 double crochet around the first 
stitch of the row below; 

1 double crochet around the next stitch; 

2 double crochets around the next stitch; 
and continue in this way to end of row. Join. 

9. Make 2 rows without increasing. Break off yarn and tie 
on the trimming yarn. 

10. Work 1 row of double crochet all around without 
increasing. 

11. Make 1 row of slip stitches around the edge of hat. 



To Make the Trimming 

1. Cut 2 strands of trimming yarn and 2 strands of yam the 
color of the hat, each 2 yards long. 

2. Lay them together, side by side. Take hold of one end 
of them with the right hand, and the other end with the left hand, 
and twist them in opposite directions. Or get some one else to 
twist one end while you twist the other in the opposite direction. 

3. Pull the twisted yarn "taut" or straight. Catch hold of 
twisted yarn in the middle and fold together taking all the ends 
firmly in one hand. Let go with the other hand. It will twist 
itself into a pretty cord. 



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4. Fasten balls made of the two colors of yarn on the ends 
of the twisted yarn. Make them as you made the pom-poms on 
doll's toque (page 95). 

5. Tie twisted cord around hat in a bow knot and sew in place 
on the right side. Turn up the left side of hat in a soft roll. 

Crow Shay was wild with excitement when Mary 
Frances finished the httle hat and put it on Mary 
Marie's head. 

"Look at yourself in the glass now, ]\Iary Marie," 
he exclaimed. ''You're the most beautiful " 

"Oh, don't make her too vain!" said Mary Frances. 
"She has had so much given to her that I'm afraid 
she will be spoiled as it is." 

"She needs one thing more, though," said Crow 
Shay. 

"What is that?" asked Mary Frances. 
_ "Why, don't you see how cold her hands look?" 

Crow Shiy asked Crow Shay. . 

Wa^Wild. "Hands told!" said Mary Marie. "Hands 

told!" 

"Oh, you little mischief!" laughed Mary Frances. 
"You httle scamp! I don't think your hands are 
cold." 





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She felt of them. "They do not seem a bit cold/' 
she said. 

''All the same," said the Yarn Baby, "you would 
like to know how to make her a pair of — 

Doll's Crocheted Mittens* 
(See pictures opposite pages 136 and 200 — color plates) 
Material: Two-fold Saxony wool. Mercerized knitting cot- 
ton for trimming. 

Bone crochet needle No. 1. 
Directions: 

This work is begun at the top of the fingers. 

1. Make 3 chain stitches, and join in a ring with a slip stitch. 

2. Put 8 single 
crochets in the ring. 

3. Put hook 
through both loops 
at top of stitches in 
row below, and work 
on around and around, 
adding an extra stitch 
in about every fifth 
stitch, until there are 
18 stitches in the 
row. 

*The doll's mittena are bo small that they are difficult to make. It would be a good ex- 
periment to make one mitten with wrapping yarn before attempting to use the saxony wool — 
Just for practice. 






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This will bring the work to the joint or crotch of the 
thumb. 







To Make Opening for the Thumb 
4. Make 3 chain stitches, and continue to make single crochet 
stitches. Do not skip any stitches for the opening of the thumb, 

but make single cro- 
chet stitches all 
around on the 18 
single crochet stitches, 
and in the 3 chain 
stitches^that will 
make 21 stitches. 

5. Make another 
row of single crochet 
stitches on the 21 
stitches. 

6. Continue to 
work single crochet stitches, but on the next 2 rows, skip 1 stitch 
directly over the thumb opening. 

This finishes the hand of the mitten. The thumb will be 
made later. 

To Make Runner Spaces at Wrist 
Make 3 chain stitches. Make a row of double crocnet 
stitches. 





'Xook at these mittemaJ' 



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To Make Trimming Scallops 

1. Put 1 single crochet stitch between the first and second 
double crochet stitches. 

2. Put 3 double crochets between the next 2 double crochets. 

3. Put 1 single crochet between next 2 double crochets^ and 
3 double crochets between the next 2. Continue to do this all 
around the top. 

4. Tie on the trimming cotton, and make 1 slip stitch 
in each double crochet of the scallops, with 2 chain stitches between 
each slip stitch. 

To Make the Thumb 

1. Fasten yarn to the inner edge of the little opening. (See 
picture on page 212.) 

2. Make single crochet stitches in the stitches around the 
opening, except on the top part of the thumb, where you should 
put 1 double crochet. (That is, in the middle chain stitch. See 
No. 4 on page 212.) 

3. Continue with single crochets. 

4. Second row: Same as the first. 

5. Third row: Make single crochets in every other stitch, 
drawing the thumb down to a point. Break off the yarn and draw 
end with a zephyr needle into the inside of the thumb. 

To Make the Runner 
With the trimming cotton, make a chain of 50 chain stitches, 
and run through the runner spaces as in making doll's petticoat 
(page 90.) 

Note. — To help dolly from losing her mittens fasten them together. 




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Mary Marie no sooner had the mittens on than she 
ran to the door of the room. 

''Tum on, Mamma/' she said, "let's doe for a 
walk." Marj^ Frances caught her up in her arms, and 
after a hurried good-bye to the Knitting and Crocheting 
People, went out with her. 




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nmum^ 





HE next morning ]\Iary Frances was 

awakened early by a ring of the door bell. 

''I'll run down to the door," called 

Billy. " I am up and dressed. I wonder who it can be? " 

''All right!" called Mary Frances, slipping into her 

kimono. 

"It's a telegram from mother," said Billy, coming 
upstairs. 

"Oh, good! Do read it!" Mary Frances could 
scarcely wait to have it opened. 



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door jbello 



Will be home Tuesday. Meet the 10 o'clock train. 
All well. 

Mother. 



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read Billy. "Hurrah! That means that father is 
better than they even hoped and that they can all 
come sooner than they expected." 

"Why!" he exclaimed suddenly, "to-day is Tues- 
day! Isn't it fine that the telegram came in good 
time!" 

"Yes, indeed!" said Mary Frances. "And how 
happy I am." 

They hurried with their breakfast, and then went 
out to gather some flowers to decorate the house. 

They were at the station half an hour too early 
for the train, and when at length it did pull in, you 
can imagine what a delightful time everyone had. 

"It seems a thousand years since I last saw you, 
Father dear," said Mary Frances, kissing him, ''and 
a hundred since Mother and Aunt Maria left; doesn't 
it, BiUy?" 

"WeU," laughed Billy, "it seems an a\\^ully long 
time, if not a thousand years." 

"Do not talk too much to your father, children; 
he cannot bear too much excitement," warned Aunt 
Maria, as Billy led the way to the taxi cab which was 
to take them home. 




Father dear 



Home Again 



217 



"You can tell the driver to stop at my house, 
Billy," said the old lady, who was quite nervous when 
riding in an automobile. 

"Horseless carriages are so "unnatural. It always 
seems to me like riding behind a headless horse to 
ride in an automobile," she added. 

Of course the children had hard work to keep from 
laughing. 

When they came to her house, Billy carried her 
bags to the door and rang the bell for her. 

"Tell your father to remember not to sit in a 
draft," she called to Billy as he ran down the path, 
"and tell Mary Frances to be ready for a lesson in 
knitting next Thursday evening." 

"We heard, Billy," said his father, as Billy jumped 
into the taxicab, "didn't we, daughter?" 

"What have you done all the time, dear?" asked 
her mother. 

"I'll tell you some time. Mother," said Mary n^^. 
Frances. 

''Another secret?" asked her mother. 

"I guess it is," remarked Billy. "She has been as 
good and quiet as a mouse most of the time up in the 




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sewing room. She says she has been practicing 
knitting. If she has been practicing all this while, 
she must know a lot by now." 

Her mother smiled and patted her hand, and by 
that time they were at their own home. 

Katie was at the door and was almost as glad as 
the children to see their father and mother. 

"It seems so good to have you aU home," she said, 
"that now life will be worth the hving of it." 

AU tried to help make the invalid comfortable, 
and the children left him to take a little nap before 
lunch. 



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Katie wa^- at the doon 




ARY FRANCES went to the sewing room. 
"My dear friends," she whispered. 
''My father and mother have come home, 
and I'm so glad! But I shall be very sad if I am not to 
have any more lessons with you." 

"You have learned enough already," said the 
Yarn Baby, "to make almost anything if you have the 
directions." 

"Do you really think that?" asked Mary Frances 
in surprise. 

"It is most certainly quite true 
That you know more 
Than you think you do," 

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Crow 




said Crow Shay solemnly. ''That's more than can 
be said of most people," he added, after a pause. 

"But I haven't any directions," sighed Mary 
Frances 

"If I were you, 
If I were you, 
I'd call the fairy, 
Fairly Flew." 

sang Crow Shay, and Mary Frances took the hint. 

When the fairy Fairly Flew came at the call of the 
rhyme, she brought a httle satchel in her hands. 
It was not much larger than Mary Frances' thimble. 

"How do you do this morning, little Miss Mary 
Frances?" she asked. "I've been waiting to be 
called, for I have a present for you from the Queen 
of AU Fairies." 
7' Oh!" gasped Mary Frances, "for me?" 

"Yes, in my satchel," said the fairy. 

"It cannot be an^i^liing for my dolls," thought 
Mary Frances, "because^the satchel is too httle to 
hold them." 

Then the fairy took a tiny key from her pocket 




Fairiv Hew came, 



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A Gift from the Queen of Fairies 221 

and unlocked the satchel. She opened it and began 
to pull a paper out. It was such a thin strong paper 
that before long the fairy had unrolled yards of it 
out of the little satchel into a pile on the table. 

"Read it," she said; and when Mary Frances lifted 
the end, she saw that on it were written directions for 
making all kinds of things for dolls, and for people, too. 

"Oh," she cried, "the Queen of Fairies couldn't 
have pleased me better! What a lot of wonderful 
things I can make now. Please thank her for me, 
Fairly Flew." 

"That I shall," said the fairy. "But wait— I 
have not yet given you all that is in the bag. Here 
are some magic needles just like mine— for a little 
girl who tried and tried again, and kept on trying." 

"Oh, hke the Needle-of-Don't-Have-to-Try!" ex- 
claimed Mary Frances. "How wonderful! Please, 
please, tell the Queen of All Fairies that I thank her i. 
more than I can teU her." yOfft-hmri 

"Do you know what would please her more than Jo°Tr\V/ 
anj^hing else?" asked Fairly Flew. 

"No," Mary Frances said. "WiU you please 
tell me what it is? " 




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"To tell other little girls how to do the things 
you have just learned to do," said the fairy. 

"How perfectly delightful!" exclaimed Mary 
Frances. "I can get the girls to form a knitting 
club, can't I?" 

"Yes," said the fairy, "get all your Httle friends 
to join, and make many of the pretty things that this 
paper explains about." 

"How I wish I could tell my mother about our 
lessons," said Mary Frances. 

"You may tell her. The Queen of Fairies sent 
word that you might do so if you asked when the 
paper was " 

Suddenly the fairy disappeared. The Knitting 
Twins fell down. Wooley Ball and the Yarn Baby 
fell over on their sides. 

"Oh!" cried Mary Frances; then she looked around 
and saw her mother standing in the door. 

"Oh, Mother dear, come in," she cried. "The 
most wonderful thing has happened since you've 
been away!" And she told about the crocheting and 
knitting lessons, and the gifts from the Queen of All 
Fairies. 




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223 



"Wasn't it lovely!" exclaimed her mother. "I 
am so glad! Just wait a minute," and she went out 
of the sewing room. 

Very soon she was back, carrying a long package 
which she handed to the little girl. 

''A present from father and me," she said. 

Mary Frances opened the package and lifted out a 
wonderful infant doll which could open and shut its 
eyes and could cry when lifted on its side. 

''Oh, how dear!" cried Mary Frances. "Nothing 
could please me so much. I wonder if the Queen of 
All Fairies knew you were bringing it? There are 
directions on this paper for making an infant's outfit." 

"Perhaps she did," said her mother. "Perhaps she 
planned the directions with this in mind." 

"Aren't fairies and mothers wonderful people?" 
laughed Mary Frances, hugging her mother and the 
new doll at once. ^a jy..^^(^^-^f 

"Not any more so than good little daughters," j^f^*^^^"^^ 
said her mother, kissing her. mOIH US'. 

"Now, I must go to father," she added. "Lunch 
will be ready in a short time." 





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ARY FRANCES carried her new dolly 
over into the playroom and laid her dowTi 
on the little bed by Mary Marie. Then she 
returned to the sewing room. 

"It seems lonesome without my dear friends/' 
she thought, "but I believe they will all come to 
life again if I really need them. I couldn't expect 
to keep Fairly Flew all the time, for many other httle 
girls will need her." 

_[I wish I could tell you about the good times she "]r 
had making the garments and gifts which were told 
about on the fairy's paper; how Mary Marie and the 
new baby came to life when ^lary Frances was foUow- 

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mj 




Vithouit ini^ dear frieind! 



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Proujid 



ing the directions; how Mary IVIarie loved the new 
baby, and petted it, and held it in her lap even though 
it was nearly as big as herself; how pleased Billy was 
with his airship doll; how surprised and dehghted and 
proud Aunt Maria was when she found out how much 
Mary Frances knew; how Mary Frances did form a 
Knitting Club and how the girls and a few boys made 
many, many useful garments for people who needed 
them — but that would take another book as long as 
this one. 

But I can give you the directions which were on the 
paper that the Queen of All Fairies sent her by Fairly 
Flew, and you will find them in the next chapter. 

Mary Frances told me this whole story herself, 
and asked me to write this book so that you who 
read it may have some such pleasure as she had in 
learning how to crochet and knit. 




Mary Frances told me, 





g^^iriJilfltfal; 



(CDNTriNUETD) 



HESE are the instructions which were found on the 
paper which the Queen of All Fairies sent to Mary 
Frances by the fairy, Fairly Flew. 



INSTRUCTIONS 

Note to Beginners: Before attempting to make any of the following 
articles, make those given in the story part of this book. 

The articles that follow need not be made in the order given. 

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CROCHETING AND KNITTING 
When you look at the directions usually given for making crocheted and 
knitted articles you will find the names of the stitches abbreviated. Although 
abbreviations are not used in this book, it is well to know those in the following list: 

sc. -------------- single crochet 

dc. -------------- double crochet 

tr.c. ------------- treble crochet 

sl.st. ------------- slip stitch 

ch.st. ------- chain stitch 

st. ------ stitch 

k_ ______----____ knit 

* * _-^-. repeat directions between stars- 

Note. — In order to become familiar with these abbreviations — think of single 
crochet as "sc", and of double crochet as ''dc." Instead of using the words, use 
the letters when you read the directions. Say "2 s-c's" or "3 d-c's"; not 2 single 
crochets, or 3 double crochets. ^ 

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TREBLE CROCHET 




In making Treble 
Crochet make about 
15 chain stitches. 
Skip 3 chains. Wrap 
the yarn around the 
needle hvice, before 
putting hook through 
the chain stitch. 
Wrap, and draw j-arn 
through chain stitch. 
Wrap, and draw j'arn 
through 2 loops. 
Wrap, and draw yarn 
through 2 loops. 
Wrap, and d r a w 
through 2 loops. 



INFANT DOLL'S CROCHETED SOCKS 

(Sec pictures opposite pages 136 and 200 — color plates) 

Material: Three-fold Saxony wool. Pink or blue (mercerized) silk for trim- 
ming. Bone crochet hook No. 2. 

Directions : 



The work is begun with the ankle part. 

1. Chain 15; that is, make 15 chain stitches. 



Chain 1 to 



2. Skip 1 chain and put 1 single crochet in each of the 14 stitches, 
use in turning. 

3. Taking the back thread only, make 1 single crochet in each of the 14 single 
crochets. The two rows just made will form a rib. This kind of rib is called 
"slipper stitch." Make 1 chain in turning. 

4. Make 2 more ribs like the one just made. ]\lake 1 chain in turning. 

5. Make 8 single crochet and 1 chain stitch. 
Make 8 single crochet. These two rows of single crochet will form a shorter 

Make 1 chain stitch. 

6. Make 8 more ribs on the 8 stitches. 

7. Join the last row of stitches with 8 of the first chain stitches made, using 
slip stitch. 



rib. 



To Form the Foot: 

8. Put 1 single crochet in each stitch around the bottom of the part just 
made, taking up both threads. 

9. Make 4 more rows. 
10. Fold sock together from toe to back, and 



■rochet together with slip stitch. 



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single 



To Make the Scallops: 

1. Fasten the wool into the top of the sock at the back, and make 1 
crochet. 

2. Put 4 double crochets in the top of the next rib. 

3. Put 1 single crochet in the top of the next rib. 

4. Repeat No. 2 and 3 around the top of the sock. Break wool and fasten. 



5. Fasten the trimming silk into the top of the scallop at the back of the sock. 
Make 1 single crochet. 

6. Make 5 double crochets in the single crochet stitch between the scallops 
of wool. 

7. Repeat No. 5 and 6 around top of sock. Fasten the silk. 

To Make the Runner. — With the silk make about 35 chain stitches. Run 
these through the top of the sock at the bottom of the white scallops and fasten a 
small tassel on each end of the runner. 

For trimming, thread a sewing needle with the pink silk and make 4 cross 
stitches on the center rib. Make 1 cross stitch on each side of the second cross 
stitch from the top cross stitch. 

INFANT DOLL'S CROCHETED CAP 

(See picture opposite page 136) 
Material: Three-fold pink or white Saxony, wuth three-fold deep pink 
Saxony for trimming. Bone crochet hook No. 2. 

Directions : 

L Chain 3; that is, make 3 chain stitches. 
Join in a ring with slip stitch. 

2. Chain 3, and make 16 double crochets in the 
ring. Join last double crochet with slip stitch to 
the top stitch of the 3 chain stitches. This makes 
the first row. 

3. Second row: Chain 3. Make 2 double cro- 
chets in each stitch of first row, taking back thread 
(back loop of stitch) only. Join. 

4. Third row: Chain 3, and make 1 double cro- 
chet in the first stitch of the row below. Make 2 
double crochets in the second stitch. Continue to 
do this to end of row. Join. 

5. Fourth row : Chain 3 and make 2 double in 
every third stitch, (Make 1 double crochet 
stitches.) Join. 

6. Fifth row: Make 2 double crochets in every fourth stitch. 

7. Sixth row : Make 1 double crochet in each stitch of fifth 
row. Break off the yarn and fasten end. 

8. Seventh row: In the ninth stitch from joining, fasten 
yarn and make 3 chain stitches. 

9. Put 1 double crochet in each stitch of row below, leaving 
16 stitches without any stitches taken in them. That is, leave 8 





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stitches on each side of the joining. This will be the back of the neck. Break off 
and fasten yarn. 

10. Make 7 rows (in all) putting 1 double crochet in each stitch of row below. 
Break off wool and fasten at end of each row. 

To Make Trimming Bands : 

1. Hold the inside of the cap toward you, and fasten the trinnning wool at 
the right-hand corner. 

2. Make 3 chains. Put 1 double crochet in each stitch all around the cap. 
Join. Make 3 more rows like this. 

Fold the l)and back agamst the face and up around the neck of the cap, 
folding the extra fulness at the corners into a mitered shape. Sew in place with a 
long-eyed needle threaded with pink wool, and fasten rosettes and tie-ribbons 
at the sides. 



INFANl^ DOLL'S CROCHETED SACQUE NO. 1* 

Material: Pink, or light blue, or white, four-fold Saxony wool, 
hook, No. 2. 
Directions: 

Tills work is commenced at the neck. 

1. Chain 50; that is, make 50 chain stitches. 

2. Make 11 double crochets. 

3. Put 2 double crochets in the twelfth chain stitch. 



Bone crochet 




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4. Make 12 double crochets. 

5. Put 3 double crochets in the thirteenth chain stitch. 

6. Make 12 double crochets. 

7. Put 2 double crochets in the next chain stitch. 

8. Make 11 double crochets. Break off yarn and fasten end. 
the work. 

9. Second row: Attach yarn at right-hand end. 



Do not turn 



To Attach New Yarn 

Put the needle through the stitch and put a slip knot on the hook. Draw 
the slip knot through the stitch; or, thread a zephyr needle with the new yarn and 
run it into the loose end on the work; or, twist the two ends of yarn together. 




10. Chain 2. Taking the back loop only, make 12 double crochets. Put 
3 double crochets in the next stitch. 

11. Make 1 double crochet in each stitch until you reach the cluster of 
3 double crochets. Put three double crochets in the middle double crochet of the 
cluster. 

12. Make 1 double crochet in each stitch until the cluster of 2 double crochets 
is reached. Put 3 double crochets in the first of the 2 double crochets. Put 
1 double crochet in each stitch to end of row. Break off yarn, and fasten end. 

13. Third row: Attach yarn. Chain 2. Make 1 double crochet in each 
stitch except in middle stitch of clusters. Put 3 double crochets in the middle 
stitch of each cluster. Break off yarn and fasten. 

14. Fourth and fifth rows: follow direction No. 13. 

1.5. Sixth row: Same as fifth row, except that in starting, 2 doul:)le crochets 
are put into the first stitch; 2 double crochets are also put into the last stitch. 

16. Seventh row: Chain 2. Turn the work. 

17. Putting hook under both threads, make 1 double crochet in the next 
stitch. Chain 1. Skip 1 stitch. Put 1 double crochet in the next stitch. 



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To Form the Armhole: 

18. Keep on in this way (see No. 17) until there are 7 double crochets. Make 
12 chain stitches, Count 7 stitches from the middle stitch (counting the middle 
stitch) in the first cluster of double crochets in the sixth row. Put 1 double crochet 
in the eighth stitch beyond the middle stitch of the cluster. 

19. Contiime according to direction No. 17. 

20. Put 2 double crochets, with 1 chain stitch between, in the middle stitch 
of the cluster of double crochet in the middle of the back of sacque. 

Continue according to direction No. 17, until within 7 stitches from middle 
stitch of last cluster of double crochet in sixth row. Make 12 chain stitches and 
form other armhole. Continue by direction No. 17 to end of row. 

21. Eighth row: Follow direction Nos. 16 and 17, putting 2 double crochets 
in the first and the last stitches of the row in order to widen the front. The double 
crochets are put imder two threads in the chain stitches of the row just made. 

22. Ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth rows: Like 
eighth row. lirc^ak off yarn and fasten end. 

To Make the Sleeve: 

1. Attach yarn to middle chain stitch underarm. Chain 2. Put double 
crochets all round the armhole. Join last stitch to chain with a slip stitch. 

2. Next row. Chain 2. Put 1 double crochet in the next stitch. Chain 1. 
Put 1 double crochet in next stitch. Continue around row and join first and last 
stitches. 

3. Continue direction No. 2 for 3 more rows. Narrow in the next 4 rows by 
omitting the chain between the double crochet every other stitch. 

4. Chain 1. Put a row of single crochet around end of sleeve. Join. 

5. Flitting hook under back thread, make another row of single crochet. 
Break off yarn and fasten end. 

To ]\Iake the Trimming: 

The sacque in the picture is trimmed with a wool and silk Saxony j'-arn. It 
may be trunmed with tlu^ yarn used for the sacque. 

1. At the left corner of the neck attach the yarn. Make slip stitches down 
left front to the first open sjiace. 

2. In the space, put 2 double crochets, and 1 chain, and 2 double crochets. 

3. Make 1 single crochet in the next space. 

4. Continue dinn'tion No. 2 to corner of sacque. 

5. In the corner, put 3 double crochets, and 1 chain, ;ind .3 doulile crochets. 

6. Continue to make scallops in this way all around sac(iu(\ finishing edge of 
yoke part with single crochets as in direction No. 1 above. 

Finish sacque at neck by drawing a ribbon runner mider everv other stitch. 

INFANT DOLL'S CROCK 1:TED SAC^QUE NO. 2.* 
(See picture opposite page 130) 
Material: Three-fold pink Saxony wool. Bone crochet needle No. 3. This 
needle should be a long even one;, because the yoke of the sacque is made with 

♦This pieco is diffieult fur childniii to mnke. 




l'LOA\ERS FOR MOTHER 

FoH Directions for Making Knitted Articles Shown in this Illustration See 

Little Crocheted Hat — 206 Flower Basket — 246 Knitted Hood — 176 

K^^TTED Silk Sweater — 259 Baby's Crocheted Ball — 252 




DETAILS OF AFGHAN STITCH 



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Afghan Stitch 

Before beginning the sacque, practice making afghan stitch with four-fold 
German town wool. 

Make 9 chain stitches. Pull a loop through each stitch of the chain except 
the one next the needle. That is, skip one chain. See Cut 1, page 233. 

Pull a loop through the loop nearest the hook. Cut 2. 

Pull a loop through the next two loops nearest the hook. Continue to pull a 
loop through two loops in this way (Cut 3) until only one loop remains on the needle. 

You will now notice the long straight upright loops on the front, or the right 
side, of your work. Cut 4. 

Put the hook under the nearest long loop on the front of the row of stitches 
just made, and pull a loop through. Cut 4. Continue to pull loops through the 
entire row in this way, and take the loops off the needle in the same way as they 
were pulled through the stitches in Cuts 2 and 3. 

Directions for Making the Sacque: 

Begin the work at back of yoke which is made with afghan stitch. 

1. Chain 30; that is, make 30 chain stitches. 

2. Keeping the last chain stitch on the hook, pull a loop through each stitch 
of the chain (except the one next to the needle) making 30 loops on the needle. 

3. To take the stitches off, throw the yarn over the hook, pull hook through 
first loop. Throw yarn over the hook. Pull hook through 2 loops. 

4. Continue to pull hook through 2 loops until but one loop remains on 
needle. 

5. Pull a loop through each long loop (do not count the chain stitches on the 
edge as a long loop), leaving each on the needle. Do not turn the work, always 
work on the right side. 

6. Repeat direction No. 3 and No, 4. 

7. Make 10 rows of afghan stitch. 

8. On the next row make loops in 10 stitches only — to form shoulder. 

9. Make 6 rows of 10 stitches. 

10. Now add 1 stitch, at the neck end only, on each row until there are 
15 stitches. 

To add a stitch. — Draw up a loop through the top thread between the loops 
of the row below. See "A" in Cut 4, page 233. 

11. Continue to work on these 15 stitches until there are 10 rows, or 26 rows 
from the starting of the yoke. 

12. To make strip down the front. — Make slip stitch in 9 loops. Then work 
13 rows of afghan stitches on the remaining 6 stitches. Finish end of strip with 
1 row of slij) stitches. 

13. To make other side. — Fasten yarn at right corner of back of neck. Make 
slip stit(!hes in 10 stitches, and make G rows of afghan stitches on the other 
10 stitches. 

14. Increase on this side by making the extra loop between the first and 
second stitches until there are 15 stitches. 

15. Work on the 15 stitches until there arc 26 rows from the starthig of the 
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16. Then make front strip of 13 rows on the first 6 stitches, and finish strip 
like on other side. 

17. Make slip stitches all around yoke. 

18. Fasten yarn at one lower corner of yoke, back. Chain 8 and fasten end 
stitch to one lower corner of yoke, front, for armhole. 

19. Do the same for other armhole. 

To Make Body of Sacque : 

Fasten yarn at left side corner of yoke leaving about a 3-inch end hanging and 
work across bottom of yoke and across the under arm chain stitch in this way: 




1. Put 1 slip stitch in first stitch. 

2. Make 3 chain stitches. 

3. Put 1 double crochet in same stitch with the slip stitch, 

4. Chain 2. 

5. Put 2 double crochets in same stitch. 

6. Skip 2 stitches on bottom of yoke, and put 1 double crochet, 1 chain stitch, 
2 double crochets in the next stitch. Continue in this way to end of yoke on right 
side. Break off yarn about 3 inches from the work and pull through the last 
stitch. The ends are used later to fasten the body of the sacque to the front strips. 

7. Second row: Fasten yarn in the middle of the first scallop on the left side, 
leaving the end hanging. Chain 3. Put 1 double crochet in same stitch. Chain 2. 



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Put 2 double crochrts in same stitch, and continue to other end of yoke, making a 
scallop in the middle of each scallop. 

8. Continue in this way until the body is as long as the strip in front. 

9. Thread a long-eyed needle with the end of yarn hanging from the first 
scallops, and catch it to the front strip with an over-and-over stitch. Cut off 
yarn. 

Continue to fasten fronts to scallops in this way until they arc fastened down 
the full length of the fronts. 

To Make the Sleeve: 

1. Fasten yarn at corner of armhole. Chain 3, and make a scallop (as in 
body part of sacque) in first stitch. 

2. Skip 4 of the slip stitches on the edge. Make a scallop in the next stitch. 
Continue in this way around the armhole. 

3. Join last and first scallop with slip stitch. 

4. Chain 3 and make another round of scallops and join. 

5. Continue to make rounds of scallops until there are 7 rows. 

6. On the next row, chain 3. Put 2 double crochets in the middle of each scal- 
lop in the row below, 

7. Next row: Chain 3. Put 1 double crochet in each double crochet of row 
below. Break off and fasten yarn. 

Make other sleeve like this one. 

To Make Bands for Sleeves : 

1. Cham 6, and make a strip of afghan stitches 14 rows long. 

2. Finish all around strip with shp stitch. 

3. Sew ends of band together, and slip it over the end of the sleeve, putting 
the seam to the seam of the sleeve, and sew in place with end of pink wool. 

^ Trimming. — With pink silk, make a row of slip stitches all around the edge 
of the sacque, and ends of the sleeves. 

Thread a zephyr needle with two threads of the silk, and make cross stitches 
on the front strips, and around the strips at ends of sleeves. 

Fasten pmk narrow ribbons at neck to tie. 

INFANT DOLL'S CROCHETED CAPE AND HOOD* 
(See picture opposite page 13G) 
Material: Two-fold Saxony wool. Crochet silk (mercerized) for trimming. 
Bone crochet needle, No. 2. 
Directions: 

To Make the Hood. 

1. With the Saxony, make 3 chain stitches. 

2. Join them in a ring with a slip stitch. 

3. Make 3 chain stitches, and make IG double crochets in the ring. 

4. Join the last double crochet with the top of the 3 chain stitches with a 
slip stitch. This makes the first row. 

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5. Second row: Make 3 chain stitches and put 2 double crochets in each 
double crochet of the first row. In making this garment, take up back loop of 
the stitch only. Join as in direction No. 4 (bottom of page 236). 

6. Third row: Chain 3; that is, make 3 chain stitches. Put 1 double crochet 
in the first double crochet in the row below. Put 2 double crochets in the second 
double crochet. Continue in this way to the end of the row, and join as in 
direction No. 4. 




CAPE AND HOOD 

7. Fourth row: Chain 3 and put 2 double crochets in every third stitch. 
Put 1 double crochet in the stitches between.) Do this to the end of the row and 
join. 

8. Fifth row: Chain 3, and put 2 double crochets in every fourth stitch. 
Join. 

9. Sixth row: Chain 3 and put 1 double crochet in each double crochet of the 
row below. Join and break off and fasten the yarn. 

10. Seventh row: Fasten end of wool at the ninth stitch and make 3 chains. 
Put 1 double crochet in each stitch of row below, leaving 16 stitches without any 
stitches taken in them; that is, leave 8 stitches on each side of the joining. This 
will be the back of the neck. 

11. Make 8 rows in all, putting 1 double crochet in each double crochet of 
row below, breaking off and fastening the yarn at end of each row. Begin the 
new row each time at the right side of the cap. 



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There is u turnocl-back facing around the face of the doll. 

To Make the Facing: 

Holding the wrong side of the cap toward you, make 4 rows of double crochet 
in the .same way as in directions Nos. 10 and 11. Nothing more is to be done to 
tliis fachig until after the cape is made. 



To Make the Cape 
This work is all done on iho right side, holding cap toward j'ou. 

1. Starting at ilio right-hand corner of the neck, make 1 row of double crochet 
along the bottom edge of the cap. Break off and fasten yarn. 

2. Second row: Fasten yarn at riglit cud and make this row of double cro- 
chet, putting 3 double crochets ui the fifteenth stitch from each end. These 
increa.ses make the fulness over the shoulders, 

8. Third row: Make this row of double crochet, putting 3 double crochets in 
the middle stitch of tiie increases in direction No. 2. 

4. Fourth row: Make in same way, increasing as in No. 3. Also increase by 
making 2 double crochets in each of 2 stitches in the middle of the back. 

5. Fifth and sixth rows: Same as fourth row. 

6. Seventh row: This row is mci-eased in the shoulders and middle of back 
in the same way as b(>fore, but more fulness is given by making 2 double crochets 
in the 2 middle stitches between the shoulder and the back on each side. 

7. The eighth row is made in the same way as the seventh row. 

8. Make 9 rows without increasing. 

9. To fasten the loose ends of wool, thread them into a long-eyed needle and 
run the ends back into the work. 

10. Starting at the neck at the left side, holding the outside of capo toward 
you, make single crochets in the ends of the first 2 rows of doul)le crochet. 

11. Make (l()ul)le crochet all around the cape except at tiie corners, where 
you will put 3 double crochets. 

12. When you reach the first 2 rows on the right-hand side of the cape at 
neck, make single crochet as in the No. 10. 

13. Put 1 single crochet in each stitch arouml the face holding the turn-back 
flat against the cap. 

To Trim. — Fasten the pink silk at the left side of the neck, and put 1 single 
crochet, 2 chains and 3 double crochets in the hrst stitch. 

2. Skip 2 stitches, and put 1 single crochet, 2 chains, and 3 double crochets 
in the third stitch. 

3. Continue to do this all around the cape and the face of the hood or bonnet, 
and then aromid the edge of the turn-back, 

4. Ilokling the face of the hood toward you, put a single crochet in the front 
loop of each stitch all around the first row of doubh* crochet in the turn-back. 

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DOLL'S CROCHETED COACH COVER 

(Coffee Bean Stitch) 

Material: White four-fold German town zephyr with pmk four-fold Ger- 
mantown zephyr for trimming. Bone crochet hook, No. 6. 

Directions : 

Note. — In doing this work, make loose stitches. 



To Make Coffee Bean Stitch 

1. Chain 50; that is, make 50 chain stitches. 

2. (a) Skip 2 chains, and put the hook through the third chain stitch. 
(6) Wrap (throw yarn over hook) and pull the hook through the stitch. 

(c) Wrap. Put hook through the same chain stitch: Wrap, and pull hook 
through the stitch. 

(d) Wrap. Put hook through the same chain stitch. 
Wrap, and pull hook through the same stitch. 
There will now be 6 stitches on the crochet needle. 

(e) Throw yarn over hook, and draw it through the 6 stitches on the needle. 

3. Chain 1. 

4. Skip 1 chain stitch in 
the chain first made (see 
direction No. 1 above) and 
repeat direction No. 2. This 
will make another bean 
stitch. 

5. Continue to make 
bean stitches to the end of 
chain, making 25 beans in 
all. Turn the work. 

6. Second row: Draw a 
loop through the second stitch 
from the needle. 

Throw yarn over hook 
and proceed to make another 
bean. Chain 1, and skip 1 
stitch and continue in this 
way to the end of the row. 

Make in all— 

6 rows of white 
4 rows of pink 
22 rows of white 
4 rows of pink 
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To Make the Scallops: 

1. Fasten the white wool in the first stitch of the top with single crochet. 

2. Put 5 double crochets in the next stitch. 

3. Skip 1 stitch and put 1 single crochet in the next stitch. (This will hold the 
scallop down.) 

4. Skip 1 stitch and put 5 double crochets in the next stitch. Fasten scallop 
down with 1 single crochet as in direction No. 3. Continue to make scallops all 
around the cover. Break oft" white yarn and fasten. 

5. Attach pink yarn, and put 1 single crochet in the wliite single crochet. 

6. Put 5 double crochets around the third stitch of the white scallops. 

The double crochets are put around the third stitch as in making Doll's 
Crocheted Hat, page 207. 

7. Fasten scallop down with single crochet in the single crochet between the 
white scallops. 

8. Continue to make scallops this way all around the cover. Break off the 
yarn, and fasten the end. 



DOLL'S CROCHETED SPORTS HAT 

(See picture opposite page 72) 
Material: Rose pink wool floss, Gray Angora or Teazle wool for trimming. 
Bone crochet hook, No. 3. 

Directions: 

1. Chain 3; that is, make 3 chain stitches. 

2. First row: Put 6 single crochets in second chain stitch. Do not join. 

3. Second row: Put 2 single crochets in each 
of the single crochets, taking up both loops. 

4. Third row: Put 2 single crochets in the 
first stitch, 1 single crochet in the next stitch. 
Continue around row. 

5. Fourth row: Put 2 single crochets in the 
first stitch, 1 single crochet in each of the next 2 
stitches. Continue around row. 

6. Continue to widen in this way until there 
are 11 stitches in each section, or 66 stitches in 
the row. 

7. Make 6 rows without increasing. 

8. Make 10 single crochets; skip 1 stitch and 
continue to do this until there are but 48 stitches. 

9. Turn, and work on the wi'ong side of the hat. 

10. Make 1 row of single crochet without increasing. 

11. On the next 2 rows, increase in every third stitch, as in direction No. 5. 

12. Make 1 row of single crochet without increasing. 

13. Finish off the pink by taking 2 slip stitches. 

14. Fasten on the trimnung wool, and make 1 single crochet in each stitch 
all around for 2 rows. 

15. Make 1 row of slip stitches. 




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Join in a ring with slip stitch. 



Join last 



DOLL'S CROCHETED BREAKFAST CAP 

(See page 87) 

Material: Pink or white, or pink and white, or light blue and white luster 
cotton. Steel crochet hook No. 7. 1 yard "baby" ribbon to match cap. 

Directions: 

The work is begun in the center of the top. 

1. Chain 5; that is, make 5 chain stitches. 
Chain 4. 

2. First row: Make 20 treble crochets in the ring (see page 228). 
stitch to top stitch of chain with slip stitch. 

3. Second row: Chain 4. Put 1 single crochet into each treble crochet with 
4 chain stitches between the single crochet, thus making a loop of the chain stitches. 

4. Third row: Chain 4. Make 1 
single crochet in each chain loop with 
4 chain stitches between. 

5. Fourth row : Same as third row. 

6. Fifth and sixth rows: Chain 5. 
Make 1 single crochet in each chain loop, 
with 5 chain stitches between. 

7. Seventh and eighth rows: Chain 
6. Make 1 single crochet in each chain 
loop with 6 chain stitches between. 

8. Nmth row: Chain 4. Make 1 
single crochet in the loop of the row below. 
Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in the 
first single crochet of row. Chain 4. 
Make 1 single crochet in next loop. 
Chain 4. IMake 1 single crochet in next 
single crochet. Continue around the row. 

9. Tenth row : Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in each loop to end, 

10. Eleventh and twelfth rows: Like tenth row. 

IL Thirteenth row : Chain 4. Make 1 double crochet in chain loop. Chain 1. 
Make 1 double crochet in first single crochet. Chain L Make 1 double crochet 
in next chain loop. Chain 1. Make 1 double crochet in next single crochet. 
Continue to end of row. 

12. Fourteenth row: Chain 4. Put 1 double crochet in each space of thir- 
teenth row with 1 chain stitch between and join last stitch to top of the chain 4 
with a shp stitch. 

13. Fifteenth row: Chain 1. Make 1 single crochet in each double crochet 
of fourteenth row. 

14. Sixteenth row: Chain 3. Make 1 double crochet in each single crochet 
of fifteenth row. (When the cap is finished run ribbon through these stitches.) 

15. Seventeenth row: Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in the second double 
crochet of sixteenth row. Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in the fourth double 
crochet. Continue to end of row. 




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16. Eighteenth and nineteenth rows: Chain 5. Make 1 single crochet in 
each chain loop of previous row with 5 chain stitches between. Break off and 
fasten thread. 

Trim with ribbon rosette. 

DOLL'S CROCHETED GARTERS 

(See picture opposite page 40) 

Material: Pink or light blue mercerized crochet cotton. (In ordering this 
material, mention what you are going to make, so that you will be given the right 
size of thread.) Steel crochet hook, No. 9. 

Directions : 

L Chain 10; that is, make 10 chain stitches. 

2. Put 2 double crochets and 1 chain and 2 double crochets in the fourth 
stitch from the needle. 

3. Chain 5. 

4. Put 2 double crochets and 1 chain and 2 double crochets in the end chain 
stitch. 

5. Chain 3 and turn. 

6. Put 2 double crochets and 1 chain and 2 double crochets between the 
second and third double crochet in the cluster below. (This cluster was made by 
direction No. 4 above.) 

7. Chain 5, and repeat direction No. 6 in the next cluster below. 

8. Repeat directions No. 5, 6, 7, again. This will make 3 rows. 

9. On the fourth row, make the cluster (No. 4). Chain 2. Make 1 single 
crochet around the 2 rows of 5 chains below. 

10. Chain 2 and continue with the clusters, catching chains together in every 
fourth row. Make work long enough to cover the doll's elastic garter very loosely. 

11. Run rubber garter through the crocheted work and fasten ends of garter. 
Sew a ribbon bow over the joining, 

A Child's Garter 
is made in the same way, using a few more stitches in each row across. 

DOLL'S CROCHETED SHOPPING BAG 

(See picture opposite page 104) 

Material: Ecru crochet cotton. No. 5. Two brass rings to fit doll's wrist. 
Steel crochet hook No. 7. 

Directions: 

This work is begun at the bottom of the bag. 

1. Chain 25; that is, make 25 chain stitches. 

2. Using 1 chain to turn, make 24 single crochets in the chain. Put 2 more 
single crochets in the last stitch. 

3. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch on the other side of the chain, putting 
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4. Now work around and around without joining the rows. Chain 3, skip 
1 stitch, make 1 single crochet in the second stitch. Continue doing this around 
the first row. 

5. On the next row, chain 3, make 1 single crochet around the chain 3 of the 
row below. Continue doing this until there are 13 rows. 

6. On the fourteenth row, work half way around. Make 3 chains to turn, 
and put 1 single crochet in the first 



chain loop. Chain 3, and continue 
across, making stitches as in direction 
No. 5. Make 5 rows. This will make 
the division which forms the opening. 

7. Next row: Chain 3. Make 1 
double crochet in each[chain loop, with 
1 chain between. 

8. Next row: Chain 3. Make 1 
double crochet in each double crochet 
of row just made. 

9. Last row: Chain 1. Make 1 
single crochet in each double crochet of 
row below. Do not break off the thread. 

To Fasten Bag to Handles: 

1. With the last stitch made on the 
needle, put hook through one of the brass 
rings which will be used as a handle. 
Very nearly fill the ring with single cro- 
chet. Fold the ring down inside the bag, 
and make single crochet through the 
ring and top of bag, putting 1 single cro- 
chet in each stitch. 

This will entirely cover the ring, and 
attach it to the bag at the same time, 
and will also make a neat finish on the 
right side of the work. 

2. Break off and fasten end of thread. 

3. To make other side of opening.- 
Make 3 chains. Put 1 single crochet in 
in the same way as you made the first side 




DOLL'S SHOPPING BAG 

-Start at right-hand side of opening, 
first chain loop, and continue to work 



DOLL'S CROCHETED SPORTS SWEATER 
(See frontispiece) 
Material: Burnt orange double floss with black double floss for trimming 
three small wooden button molds. Bone crochet hook, No. 2. 

Directions : 

To Make Front: 

1. With orange floss, chain 25; that is, make 25 chain stitches. 

2. Make 24 single crochets. Chain 1 to turn. 



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3. Taking front thread of stitch only, pyt 1 single crochet in each of 24 single 
crochets, and add 1 single crochet in the last stitch. Chain 1 to turn. 

4. Continue in this way (No. 3), adding 1 single crochet at neck end until 
there are 27 stitches, 

5. On the next row add 4 chains after making 27 single crochets. 

6. Put 1 single crochet in each of 3 of these chains, and 1 single crochet in 
each of the 27 single crochets, making 30 single crochets in all. 

7. Contiiuie to make rows of 30 single crochets until there are 13 rows from 
the beginning. 

8. On the fourteenth row, make 20 single crochets. Make 8 rows of 20 single 
crochets for under arm. 

9. On the twenty-third row, add 11 chain stitches. Use 1 chain to turn, and 




DOLLS SPORTS SWEATER 

make 10 single crochets in the chain stitch. — also 20 single crochetS in the single 
crochets (see No. 8) under arm. 

10. Make 21 rows of the 30 stitches for the back. 

11. On the next row (the forty-fourth) make 20 single crochets for 8 rows 
under arm. 

12. On the next row (the fifty -second) add 11 chain stitches. Use 1 chain to 
turn. Make 10 single crochets in the chain and 20 single crochets in the under arm 
stitches. 

13. Make 7 rows of the 30 single crochets. 

14. On the next row make 27 stitches. (Be sure to make this row from the 
bottom upward.) Make 1 chain to turn. 

15. Skip the first single crochet at the neck, and make 2G single crochets. 

16. Continue to decrease 1 single crochet at the neck until you have only 
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This finishes the body of the sweater. 

17. Sew 7 rows of the front and back at the shoulders to form armholes. 
(See picture, page 130.) 

Border around the Sweater: 

1. Starting at the left side of the neck, holding outside of the sweater toward 
you, put 1 single crochet in each stitch all around the sweater until you come to the 
right side of the neck, except at the corner stitches at the bottom, in which put 
3 single crochets. 

2. Chain 1 to turn, and work back to the starting point in the same way. 

3. Then put one row of slip stitches all around sweater. 

To Make the Buttons: 

Make 5 buttons of orange floss just as you made the buttons on the doll's 
pink sweater (see page 205). 

Thread a long-eyed needle with black floss and decorate the buttons with 
cross stitches around the edges. 

To Make the Collar: 

1. With black floss, chain 31. Use 1 chain stitch to turn. 

2. Make 30 single crochets. Make 1 chain. 

3. Make 6 rows of 30 single crochets, taking both threads. 

4. Make 16 rows of 15 single crochets. 

5. Make 6 rows of 30 single crochets. (Add chain stitches as for lengthening 
in No. 9 above.) 

6. With two strands of the black floss put 1 
row of single crochet across the bottom edge of the 
back of the collar. 

f 7. With single black floss put 1 row of sUp 
stitches all around the collar. 

To Make the Sleeve: 

1. Chain 9. 

2. Make 8 single crochets. Chain 1. 

3. Second row: Put 2 single crochets m the 
first stitch. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch 
to the end of the row. Chain 3 to turn. 

4. Third row: Make 1 single crochet in each 
of the 2 chains, and make single crochet to the end. 

5. Fourth row: Put 2 single crochets in the 
first stitch; single crochet to the end of row. 
Chain 5. Turn. 

6. Fifth row: Put 4 single crochets in the chain, and single crochet to end 
of the row. 1 chain. 

7. Sixth row: Put 2 single crochets in the first stitch; single crochet to end 
of row. 1 chain. 

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9. Eighth row: Put 2 single crochets in the first stitch; single crochet to end. 
Make 1 chain. 

10. Make 6 more rows of 18 stitches. 

11. On the fifteenth row, skip the stitch next to the last. Make 1 chain. 

12. Sixteenth row: Make 17 single crochets and 1 chain. 

13. Seventeenth row is the same as the fifteenth row. 

14. Eighteenth row is 16 single crochets and 1 chain. 

15. Nineteenth row: Put a sKp stitch in each of the first 4 stitches; single 
crochet to the end of the row, skipping the next to the last stitch. Chain 1. 

16. Twentieth row: Make 11 single crochets and 1 chain. 

17. Twcntj'-first row: Make slip stitch in the first 2 stitches; single crochet 
to the end of row, skipping next to the last stitch. Chain 1. 

18. Twenty-second row: Make 8 single crochets. Sew up the sleeve. 

With orange floss, put 2 rows of single crochet around the hand, taking both 
threads of stitches. 

Add 2 rows of black single crochet and 1 row of black slip stitches. 

To Make the Belt: 

1. Chain 5. 

2. Make 4 single crochets. Chain 1 to turn. 

3. Taking both threads, make 4 single crochets and 1 chain to turn until 
the belt is the length desired. (About 28 rows.) 

Sew the sleeves in the armholes as in making Teddy Bear Sweater (see 
page 133). 

Sew ])uttons in place and make loops as in making Teddy Bear Sweater. 
Sew belt at waist line under arm, sewing a button on each end. 
Sew the collar to tlie neck of the sweater. 




DOLL'S CROCHETED FLOWER BASKET* 

(See picture opposite page 230) 

Material : White or tan crochet cotton No. 
10. Steel crochet hook No. 7. 

Directions: 

To Make Bottom of Basket: 

1. Chain 5; that is, make 5 chain stitches. 
Join into a ring with a slip stitch. 

2. Chain 5. 

3. Make 15 treble crochets in the ring with 
1 chain stitch between each treble crochet. 
Join the last treble crochet into the fourth 
chain stitch (see No. 2) w^ith slip stitch. 

4. Second row: Chain 4. Make 1 double 
crochet in the space between the first 2 treble 
crochets, Chain 2. Make 1 double crochet 

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in next space. Make 2 chain stitches. Continue in this way around the row. 
Join (with shp stitches) the last of the 2 chain stitches into the third chain of the 
4 chain stitches. 

5. Third row: Chain 3. Put 2 double crochets in the first space between 
first 2 double crochets in previous row. Make 2 chains. Put 2 double crochets 
in the next space. Make 2 

chains. Continue around the 
row, and join the last chain 
with the top of the 3 chains. 

To make the Scallops : 

6. Make 1 single crochet, 
3 double crochets, 1 single cro- 
chet in each space between 
double crochets in the row be- 
low. 

To Make the Sides of the Bas- 
ket: 

1. Turn the under or 
wrong side of the bottom of the 
basket toward you. Bend 
down the scallops under the 
thumb. 

2. Chain 3. 

3. Put hook through the 
top of the first double crochet 
made in the second row. (See 
No. 4, page 246.) Fasten 
chain which is on needle with a 
slip stitch. (See picture.) 

4. Chain 3. Put 2 crochets in each space between the double crochet in the 
second row. Join last and first stitch with slip stitch. 

5. Chain 3. 

Put 2 double crochets in the space between the first two clusters of double 
crochet in the row below. Chain 1. 

Continue to end of row. Join with slip stitch. 

6. Make 3 more rows in the same way. 

7. The next row is made in the same way, except that 2 chains are put between 
the clusters of stitches. 

8. Finish the top of sides with scallops like the ones on the bottom of the 
basket. (See No. 6.) 

To Make the Handles: 

1. Chain 3. 

2. Put 4 double crochets at the top of the first two scallops. 

3. Chain 3. Turn. Make 1 double crochet in each of 
crochets. 




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4. Repeat No. 3 until handle is about 12 rows long, or as long as desired. 

5. Fasten end to opposite side of basket with slip stitch. 

6. Run ribbon through the spaces in the sixth row of sides, and tie in a bow. 



GIRL'S CROCHETED HAND BAG 

(Crazy Stitch) 

(See picture opposite page 104) 

Material: Heavy mercerized Old Blue crochet cotton, about No. 5. Steel 
crochet hook, No. 3. 

Directions : 

This bag is made with 

Crazy Stitch 

1. Chain 28 stitches; that is, make 28 chain stitches. 

2. In the fourth stitch from needle, put 3 double crochets. 

3. Skip 3 chains and put 1 single crochet, 2 chains, 3 double crochets, in the 
fourth chain stitch. 

4. Skip 3 chains and repeat the cluster to the end of the chain, fastening the 
last cluster in the end stitch of the 35 chain stitches with a single crochet. 




5. Second row: Chain 3, and turn the work. Make 3 double crochets in the 
single crochet that fastened the last cluster to the end of the chain. (See picture.) 

6. Make 1 single crochet, 2 chains, 3 double crochets between the third double 
crochet and the 2 chains of the row below. (See picture.) 

7. Continue in this way, making clusters until there are 9 rows. Break off 
and fasten thread. This makes one side. 

8. To make other side. Fasten the cotton in the last chain stitch of the 
chain first made. (See No. 1.) 

9. Make 9 rows of clusters. 

10. Fold, and crochet sides together with single crochets. 

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12. Make 1 single crochet in the chain stitches in the first cluster of the row 
of clusters just finished. 

13. Make 3 double crochets in the single crochets between the clusters. 

14. Put 1 single crochet in the chain of the next cluster. 

15. Repeat Nos. 12, 13, 14 around top. 

To Make Runner Spaces: 

1. Chains. 

2. Put 1 double crochet in the first double crochet of the first scallop. Chain 1. 

3. Put 1 double crochet in the third double crochet of scallop. Continue 
No. 2 and 3 around top. Join with slip stitches. 

To Make Top Scallops: 

1. Make 1 single crochet in the first runner space. 

2. Make 2 double crochets in the next space. 

3. Make 1 double crochet in the double crochet between the spaces. 

4. Make 2 double crochets in the next space. 

5. Make 1 single crochet in the next space. This makes 1 scallop. 

6. Make scallops in this way all around the top. 

7. Make 1 single crochet in the top of the first double crochet of first scallop. 

8. Chain 3. 

9. Draw a loop through each of the first and second stitches of scallops, and 
take the 3 loops off the needle as one stitch. 

10. Repeat Nos. 8 and 9 around the top. 

To Make the Runner: 

Cut 3 strands of the cotton about 1| yards long. Lay side by side and twist 
as in making trimming for Doll's Crocheted Hat, page 209. 

Make 2 runners in this way, and tie a knot in one end of each. 

Run them through runner spaces from opposite sides of bag and tie them in 
hard knots at the ends. 

Cut ends even to look like tassels. 

BABY'S CROCHETED BOOTEES 

Materials: White four-fold Saxony wool. Pink four-fold Saxony wool. 
Bone crochet hook No. 3. 

Four small flat pearl buttons. 

Directions : 

(The work is commenced at "B.") 

1. With white wool chain 34; that is, make 34 chain stitches. 

2. Skip the first chain stitch, and make 1 single crochet in each of the next 
16 chain stitches. 

3. Put 3 single crochets in the seventeenth stitch, and 1 single crochet in 
each of the next 16 chain stitches. Make 1 chain to turn. 

4. Second row: Taking the back thread of the stitch, make 1 single crochet 
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crochets. The 2 rows now made from a rib, Make 1 pink rib, putting 3 single 
crochets in the middle stit-ch at the toe. ]\Iake 1 white rib and 1 more pink rib 
in the same waj'. Do not break off the yarn. Just let it hang in back of the 
work, and crochet back edges (from A to B) together with the pink yarn, using 
slip stitches. Break off and fasten wool. 

To Make Sole: 

1. Fasten white j'arn at the joining place at the bottom, holding right side 
(outside) of bootee toward j'ou. 

2. IMake 3 chain stitches. Taking back thread onl}^, make 1 double crochet 
in each stitch all around edge of sock. Join last stitch to the 3 chains with slip 
stitches. 

3. Second row: Chain 3. Make 1 double crochet in each double crochet of 
row just made. Join end in same way. 












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4. Fold sock from too to iiccl with right sides in, and join the opening in the 
sole with slip stitch, catching back threads only of opposite stitches. 

Break off wool and fasten end. Turn sock right side out. 

5. To make finishing edge of sole — hold narrow part of sock toward you, toe 
pointing toward your left hand. Fasten pink yarn at joining place in back, and 
make 1 row of single crochet all around sole edge of sock (along the place where 
the double crochets were first made), taking front thread of stitches of last rib 
made in vamp, or upper, of sock. 

To Make Top of Bootee. 

1. Fasten pink yarn in second stitch from middle of the front. (In making 
sock for the right foot, point the toe toward your right hand with the sole toward 
you. Point toe toward left hand in making sock for left foot.) 

2. Make 1 row of single crochet all around the ledge. Break off yarn and 
fasten end. 

3. Fasten white yarn in top of first single crochet. The top of the sock is 
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Star Stitch 

Practice making this stitch with four-fold Germantown wool. Make 14 chain 
stitches. Skip 1 chain stitch. Make 13 single crochets in the chain. 

1. Make 3 chain stitches. Turn the work. Draw a loop up in each of first 
two chain stitches of the three chain stitches just made. Draw a loop up in each 
of the first two single crochets on the edge taking both threads. There will be 
5 loops on the needle. 

Wrap the yarn around the needle, and pull a loop through all the loops on the 
needle. 

Make 1 chain stitch. This last chain stitch draws all the loops into a little 
"eye." 

2. For the second star stitch, pull a loop through the "eye" of the first star 
stitch. Pull a loop through the hack thread of the last loop of the first star stitch. 
(See "A" in picture below.) 

Pull a loop through each of the next 2 single crochets on edge. This will 
make 5 loops on the needle. Wrap and pull yarn through all the loops on the 
needle at one time. 

Make 1 chain stitch to form the "eye." 

3. Repeat direction No. 2 all around sock. Break off and fasten yarn. 

4. Second row of star stitches. To make the first star stitch on this row — fasten 
white yarn into top of first star stitch and make 3 chains. 

Draw a loop through each of 2 chain stitches. Draw a loop tlirough the "eye" 
of the star stitch below (the first one made) . 

Draw a loop through the next stitch at the top of the first star stitch, taking 
up the 2 threads. This makes 5 loops on the needle. Wrap and draw a loop 
through all 5 loops, Make 1 chain. 

5. In making the next stitch, draw up a loop in the "eye" of the star stitch 
just made. (See A in picture.) Draw up a loop in back thread of the last loop of the 
star stitch just made. (See B.) Pull a loop through the "eye" of the next star 
stitch in the row below, (See C.) Pull a loop through under the next two threads 
on the edge of the row 
below. (See D.) Pull 
a loop through the 5 
loops on the needle. 
Make 1 chain stitch. 
Repeat this direction 
around the sock. 

6. Make another 
row of white star 
stitches. 

7. Make another 
row of pink star 
stitches. 

To Make the Scallops: 

1. Holding the 
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you, fasten tlio pink yarn nt tho opcninp point (near tlio lower button in tlio 
picture). 

2. Make a row of sirif^le crochet alonjj; openiiifz; ('(l^(> to the top. 

',\. In the corner .stitch at the top, make 1 single crochet an(l '2 chain stitches 
and IV (loul»le crochets. 

4. Make scallop l>y direction No. .'! in the "ey<'" of each star stitch around 
the top. 

5. Make a row of single crochet along the other edge of the (jpening. Break 
ofT and fasten yarn. 

For Buttoidiole Loops: 

I'astcn pink wool at top edgc^ of the opening, and working toward tho sole, 
make '2 slij) stitches. 

Make 2 chain stitches. Skip 2 stitches on the edge and make 2 slip stitches. 
Mak(> another loop in the same way and finish edge of oju-ning with slip stitches, 
lireak off and fasten yarn. 

I'asten all ends securely. 

Sew two buttons opposite the Ioojjs. 

BABY'S C:R0CIIETED BALL 

(See pictun^ opposite page 2'M).) 
Material: White four-fold (Jormantown zephyr, Pink r.ermantown zephyr. 
Bone crochet hook Nt). 8. 
Directions: 

1. With piidv yarn, chain 5; that is, make 5 chain stitches. 

2. .loin into a ring with slip stitches. 

3. Put 1 single crochet in the ring. 

To Make Curly Stitch: 

4. With the slilch now on the needle, put tli<> hook tlu-ough the ring, draw 
the yarn through the ling, and make 1 chain stitches. Then the stitches on the 
ticcdlc will look like the picture at top of page 25:?. 

f). J)o linl wrap, bill. di:i\v the last chain stitch Ihroiigli the stitch on the 
needle. 

0. Make I single crochet in the ring. 

7. Pepeat Nos. 4 antl 5, being sure to ha\-e Hie loop of chain stitciies on the 

right side of work. 

S. Make 5 of the loops of 
chain stitches in the ring (in all). 
0. Second row: Put 1 single 
crochet in the top of the first 
single crochet in the ring and a 
eurl\' stitch in th(> next stitch.* 

10. To widen. — Put (he sin- 
gle crochet ami the curly stitch 
in the same stitch. This is 



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done in about every third stitch until 
the ball is as wide as you wish to 
make it. 

11. Make 5 rows of pink. 

3 rows of white. 
2 rows of pink. 
This will finish half of the ball. 

12. Make another half, and sew 
the two halves together, leaving about 
2 inches open for filling. 

13. Fill with raw cotton. Bury 
in the cotton several little brass bells. 
Or fill with odds and ends of left-over 



yarn. 



14. Finish sewing together. 



Directions: 




CURLY STITCH 



LADY'S CROCHETED NECKLACE 

(See picture opposite page 200) 
Material: Mercerized cotton, or silk — any color desired, 
() glass beads with large threading holes. Steel crochet hook 

No. 7. 

Make two balls first in this way: 

How TO Make Button Balls 

1. Make 4 chain stitches. Join first and last stitches in 
a ring with a slip stitch. 

2. Make 2 single crochets in each chain stitch. There 
will be 8 stitches. Do not join them. Work round and 
round. 

3. Make 2 single crochets in each stitch of first row (16 
stitches). 

4. Make 6 rows of 16 stitches each, or 96 single crochets, 
working round and round. 

5. Stuff this form just made with soft cotton, filling it 
until it is firm but not hard. Then draw in the top of the ball 
by making single crochets in every other stitch until the openiing 
is closed. 

Cut off the thread about 5 inches from the ball, and draw 
it through the last stitch. Xeave the end hanging. 

To Make the Chain : 

1. Thread the 6 beads on the cotton and push them back 
near the spool. 

2. Commencing about 5 inches from the end of the 
cotton, make 2 loose chain stitches. Pull out the loop of the 
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To Make Bead Stitch: 

3. Now throw the thread over the crochet needle; that is, "wrap," (holding the 
chain stitch between the i huinli and second finger of the left hand) and put the hook 
into the fii'st chain stitch under 2 ttireads. Throw the thread over the needle and pull 

a long loop tlirough the chain 
stitches, making it the length 
of the first drawn tlirough. 

Throw the tliread over the 
crochet needle, or "wrap," and 
draw another loop up on the 
hook in the same way. 

Continue to wrap and 
draw up loops in this way until 
there are 7 loose loops on the 
crochet needle. (See picture.) 
Wrap once again, and draw a 
loose loop through all 7 loops 
already on the needle. 

Wrap and draw a loop 

through the stitch then on the 

needle. Draw this stitch 

through mitil it is the length 

of the loops in the first cluster. 

Holding the first cluster between the thumb and second finger of the left 

hand, wrap, and put hook through the loop just below the loop on the needle (at 

the right), and backoi the siiujle tliread at the left. (See picture above.) 

Draw up a loop. 

Wrap; ch'aw up a loop and continue to draw up loops until there are 7 loops 
on the needle. Wrap, and draw a loose loop through the seven loops. Make 
1 loose chain stitch. 

Make another cluster of stitches to form another bead. 

After the third cluster is made, make 3 chain stitches, and slip 1 bead down 
the thread until it meets the chain. Put the hook through the hole in the bead, 
and catch the last chain stitch. Pull the bead down over the chain stitches. 

Draw up the last loop of the chain about | inch, and make a cluster of stitches 
as in beginning the work. 

Make 2 more clusters; add another bead. 
Make 2 more clusters, and add one more bead. 

Continue to make clusters until the chain is nearly as long as desired. Then 
add the beads as explained above and make 3 more clustei-s. Cut off thread 
about 5 inches from the end of the work, and make one chain stitch to fasten end, 
drawing it all the way through. 

To Fasten Balls on Ends of the Chain: 

Thread the end of cotton left on the chain into a long-eyed needle and sew 
with several stitches to the top of the ball, running the end well down into the 
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LADY'S CROCHETED PURSE 
(See picture opposite page 104) 
Material: Fine mercerized blue, or lavender, or pink, or ecru, or gray, crochet 
cotton. Steel crochet needle No. 9. One bone ring, about 1| inch across. 

Directions: 

1. Chain 8; that is, make 8 chain 
stitches. Join in ring with slip stitch. 

2. First row: Chain 3. Put 2 double 
crochets in each stitch of chains. 

Join with slip stitch. 

3. Second row: Like the first row. 

4. Third row: Chain 3. Make 1 
double crochet in the first stitch of row 
below. Make 2 double crochets in the 
next; 1 double crochet in the next; 2 
double crochets in the next; and so on to 
the end of row. Join. 

5. Fourth row: Chain 3. 
Make 1 double crochet in each of 

tne first 2 stitches; 2 double crochets in 
the third stitch; and so on to the end of 
the row. 

6. Fifth and sixth rows: Chain 3. 
Put 1 double crochet in each stitch with 
1 chain between. 

This makes one side. 

7. Make another side like the one just 
finished. 

8. Join sides with picot edging. 

FRONT, .SHOWING FLAPS 

HOW TO MAKE PICOT EDGING 
Use a piece of rather heavy cord to practice making picot (peko) edge. 

1. Make a chain of 15 stitches. 

2. Turn and make 14 single crochets. Make 1 chain stitch. 

3. Turn, and putting hook under two threads, make 2 single crochets. 

4. Make 3 chain stitches. 

6. Now, pointing the hook toward the left thumb, put it through the top 
loop of the single crochet last made (where the chain was started), and then put 
it through the lower front loop of the single crochet last made. (See picture, naee 
256.) ^ ^ 

6. Wrap and draw thread (a shp stitch) through all three loops and on needle. 
This forms a picot. 

7. Make 2 single crochets, and make another picot. Continue in this way 
across the row. Now you are ready to join the sides of the purse together. 

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through the space between the first 2 stitches on each side. Make 1 single crochet. 
Chain 3 and fasten last chain stitch to single crochet just made with slip stitch 
as in Nos. 5 and 6. This makes a picot. 

9. Continue to make picot edge, leaving 15 double crochets without the picot 
edge — to form an opening. 

To Make the Flap: 

(See picture on page 255) 

1. Chain 3. 

2. Put 2 double crochet in each space. 

3. Chain 3 to turn. Skip 3 double crochets and put 1 double crochet in 
each of the 24 stitches. Skip 2 double crochets and put 1 double crochet in the 
end double crochet. 



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PICOT EDGING 

4. Chain 3 to turn. Skip 3 double crochet, 

Make 1 double crochet in each of 18 double crochets in lower row. 
2 double crochets and put 1 double crochet in the end double crochet. 

5. Chain 3, 
double crochets. 

6. Chain 3 
double crochets. 

7. Chain 3 
double crochets. 



Skip 



3 double crochets. Make 12 double crochets. Skip 2 
Make 1 double crochet on end. 

Skip 3 double crochets. Make 7 double crochets. Skip 2 
IMake 1 dou])le crocliet on end. 

Skip 2 double crochets. Make 3 double crochets. Skip 2 
Mak(; 1 double crocliet on end. 
Break off and fasten cotton. 

8. Put picot edge around the flap in the same way as you did around the 
purse. Fasten thread. 

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To Make the Strings: 

1. Holding the back of the purse 
toward you, fasten the cotton into the 
fifth space from the joining point of the 
sides. 

2. Chain 25. Catch the twenty-fifth 
chain stitch into the bone ring with a 
single crochet. 

3. Chain 25. Skip 2 spaces on the 
top of the purse, and fasten the twenty- 
fifth chain into the thu'd opening with a 
single crochet. 

4. Make 9 strings of chain stitches, 
fastening them at the ends as explained. 

5. Cover the ring with single crochet. 

6. Make 25 chain stitches, and fasten 
last chain stitch in the place where the 
strings were started. Fasten thread. 

7. Sew snap fasteners on purse and 
flap. 

DOLL'S KNITTED MUFF 

(See picture opposite page 200) 

Material: White Angora wool, or 
Teazle yarn. If Teazle yarn is used, 
before sewing the garments up, brush with 
a clean stiff brush to make them furry. 
Bone knitting needles No. 2. 

Du'ections : 

L Cast on 15 stitchefs, 

2. Knit 20 ribs (a row across and back makes a rib) 

3. Bind off. 




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4. Sew begmning row and last row of stitches together, and line muff with 



5. Make a long chain of the yarn to use to hang muff on doll's neck, 
Trim lower edge with fringe. Cut 3|-inch strands of yarn for making fringe. 
Draw 2 strands through at a time. 



DOLL'S KNITTED BOA OR STOLE 

(See picture opposite page 200) 
Material and Needles: The same as for Doll's MufT. 

Directions : 

L Cast on 8 stitches. Knit plain. 

2. Increase 1 stitch on each rib at one end only until there are 14 stitches. 

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MUFF AND BOA 

4. Narrow on one edge by knitting off 2 stitrhos together as one, on each rib 
until there are 8 stitches. 

5. Bind off. 

6. Trim with fringe same as fringe on muff. 

7. Make a 2-inch chain of gold color mercerized cotton and sew it to each 
side of the neck of the stole. 

8. Make 2 fancy rings like those made on doll's sleeveless sweater (see page 
189), and sew one over each place where the gold chain was fastened. 



To Maki; riiK Trimmixc Hvnd on Hat 
(Sec pictuie opposite page 200) 

Crochet a chain a little longer than needed to meet around tlic band, Put 
1 treble crochet into each chain stitch. (See page 228.) 

In sewing trimming band on hat. ht the treble crochet pufT out, and ])ring the 
edges of the Ijand close together. 

The pompon is made in the same way as the jionipons on the Doll's Crochet 
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DOLL'S KNITTED BREAKFAST SHAWL 

(See picture on page 87) 
Material: White wool floss and pink mercerized cotton, 
needles No. 5. 



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Directions : 

1. With white floss cast on 30 stitches. 

2. Knit plain for 50 ribs. (A rib is a row across and back.) 

3. Bind off. 

4. La}^ 1 strand of floss side by side with 1 strand of pink cotton, and pick 
up each stitch along edge for collar. 




5. Knit plain, narrowing at each end (by knitting first 2, and last 2 stitches 
together as one) until there are 9 ribs. 

6. Bind off. 

7. Put 1 row of single crochet around edge of collar. 

8. Make tassels of the white and pink. 

9. Sew a tassel on each corner of the cape. 

DOLL'S KNITTED SLEEVELESS SILK SWEATER 

(See picture opposite page 230) 
Material: Mercerized rose pink cotton No. 3, with turquoise blue cotton 
No. 3 for trimming; or crochet silk No. 3. Bone crochet hook No. 3. Bone 
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Directions: 

To Make the Back: 

1. With jiink nuitorial cast on 36 stitches, 

2. Knit 2, purl 2, for 20 rows, slipping off first stitch on each row. 

3. Knit plain for 11 ribs. (A row across and back makes a rib.) 

4. Knit 2 stitches off as one at each end, every other row, until there ai-c 

only 28 stitches on the needle. 

5. Knit plain until you have 20 ribs. 

0. Bind off. 

To Make the Front: 

1. Cast on 36 stitches and follow 
directions for making the back until the 
1 1 ribs of plain knitting are finished. 

2. On the twelfth rib, narrow at each 
end by knitting first 2 and last 2 stitches 
together, making 34 stitches on the 
needle. 

3. Slip 17 stitches on to a safety pin, 
keeping the remaining stitches on the 
needle. 

4. Narrow b}^ knitting 2 stitches to- 
gether at each end every other row until 
there are 11 stitches; then narrow 
onlv on the neck edge, every other row 

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5. Knit ribs of 8 stitches until tiiere an; 23 ribs from the waist line to the 
shoulder, and bind ofT. 

6. Take the stitches off the safety pin on to the needle; and make other side 
like the first. 

Sew fronts and back of the sweater together under arms and on the shoulder 
hnes. 

With the blue cotton, put 2 rows of single crochet around the armholes and 
neck taking up each stitch. 




HOW TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH KNITTING NEEDLES 

1. Make a slip knot on one knitting needle near the end of the 
varn. 

2. Knit 1 stitch. (See page 162, To Knit a Stitch.) Do not take the stitch 
off the left-hand needle, but stn^tch the new stitch (which is on the right-hand 
needle) and slip it over the point of the left-hand needle. (See picture on page 261.) 
Hold tlu! stitch on th(; left needier with the thumb of the left hand. 

Continue to make new stitches and slip them on the left needle until there 
are the number of stitches required.* 



♦ Othrr mcthfids are explained on pngea l.")0 and 1">5. 




T9 CAST ON STITCHES WITH KNITTING NEEDLES (See page 260) 




2 and 3. THE CONTINENTAL METHOD OF KNITTING (See page 262) 



262 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

THE CONTINENTAL METHOD OF KNITTING 

This method is a Httle more rapid than the Colonial or English method, but 
is not so much used. Notice the position of the hands in the picture. 

To knit plain the straight thread on the second finger of the left hand is lifted 
with the point of the right needle. Cut 2. 

A loop is drawn through; and the top loop on the left needle is drawn oflF the 
point of the left needle. Cut 3. Finish this row. 

To purl, hold hand in same position as above. Slip the first stitch off the 
left needle. Put the point of the right needle under the thread which is fast to the 
ball, and lift it toward you over the left needle, holding the thread on the right 
needle with the right thumb. 

Keeping the thr(-ad on top of the right needle put the point through the top 
of the first loop on the left needle, pointing the right needle toward the middle of 
the palm of the left hand. 

Lift the point of the right needle toward you and over the thread. Push the 
point of the right needle backward through the loop on the left needle (which the 
right needle is already through) carr3dng the thread through the loop. 

Slip the top loop off the point of the left needle. 

TO CAST OFF STITCHES 

(Another method of binding; off work) 

1. Slip the first stitch. 2. Pointing the left needle toward the first finger of 
the right hand, insert it in the slipped stitch under the right needle. The two nee- 
dles will now be crossed in the loop. 3. With the thumb and first finger of the left 
hand push this loop over and back of the next stitch on the left needle, and knit 
the next stitch, bringing the two loops ofT the left needle. Repeat to end. 

In using the Continental IMethod, the thread is thrown as in purling. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII 

TWO M ORE SWE ATERS 

CHILD'S KNITTED SWEATER* 
Size 6 to 8 years 

7 balls colored Shetland floss, 1 ball white. 1 pair knitting needles No. 7. 

Body. With colored floss cast on 72 stitches (16 inches), knit 6 ribs (12 
rows), drop floss temporarily; with white knit 1 rib and fasten off; pick up col- 
ored floss and knit 5 ribs; join white and knit 1 rib, fasten off; with colored floss 
knit 50 ribs. Work shoukl now measure about 16 inches from beginning. Cast 
on 50 stitches at each side for sleeves and Icnit 22 ribs. On next row knit 77 stitches 
and slip on to a spare needle, bind off 18 stitches for neck, knit remaining 77 stitches 
and knit back. Increase one stitch at neck every other rib 12 times, bind off the 
50 sleeve stitches and on the remaining 39 stitches knit 15 ribs even, ending the 
last row at front opening; slip these stitches on to the spare needle and knit the 
other front to correspond, ending the last row at underarm. Knit stitches from 
both fronts (78) on to one needle and knit even for 35 rows, then work border as 
on back; bind off loosely on wrong side. 

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Two More Sweaters 



263 



Cliff. Working with colored floss from wrong side pick up 35 stitches around 
wrist and knit 4 ribs, with wliite Itnit 1 rib, witli colored floss knit 5 ribs, with 
white 1 rib, with colored floss 2 ribs; bind off loosely on wrong side. Sew up 
sleeves and underarm seams, turn back cuff. 

Collar. With colored floss cast on 56 stitches and Icnit 2 ribs, with white 
knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit 5 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss 
knit 22 ribs. Next row knit 18 stitches and sHp on to a 
spare needle, bind off 20 stitches for neck; on remaining 
18 stitches knit left side of collar, increase one stitch at 
neck every other rib 11 times, working border as in liack 
after 13th rib from neck; bind off on wrong side and knit 
other side of collar to correspond. 

Sash. With colored floss cast on 15 stitches and knit 
6 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit 5 ribs, 
with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit 34 inches anci 
then work border as at other end. Cut white floss in 
strands 4 inches long; knot 2 strands in each stitch and tie 
all together one inch from end of sash, to form a tassel. 
Attach sash to underarm seams with pearl buttons. Lace 
front with a ribbon tie. 




LADY'S KNITTED SWEATERf 

27 balls colored Germantown, 1 ball white. 1 pair knit- 
ting needles No. 5. 

This sweater is knitted crosswise in plain stitch. (Garter 
stitch.) The stars mean to repeat the directions between them. 

Back. Cast on 120 stitches (24 inches) , *knit 5 ribs even ; 
in 6th rib decrease 1 stitch at each side; repeat from *4 times, 
then decrease every 10th rib each side 6 times; knit 10 ril:)s 
even, or until piece measures 20 inches at side. Bind off 
6 stitches at each side for armholes, then decrease one stitch 
every other rib 6 times — 12 stitches, in all, decreased for 
each armhole. The 74 stitches now left on needle should 
not measure more than 15 inches; knit 18 ribs even. *In 
next row leave 5 stitches at end of needle, turn and knit to 
within 5 stitches at other end, turn, thus working back and foi'th, each time leav- 
ing 5 stitches more than before at end of needle on both sides imtil only 34 stitches 
are worked over, then knit 2 ribs over the entne 74 stitches on needle and bind off. 

Front. Cast on 80 stitches and knit 10 ribs even; keep front edge straight 
and decrease at other side one stitch every 6th rib 6 times, then decrease at same 
side every 10th rib 6 times. Work even until front is as long as back at underarm 
seam (68 stitches on row, wliich should measure 13| inches). Bind off 10 stitches 
at sloped side for armhole, then decrease at same side one stitch every rib in each 
of the following 10 ribs. From now on keep edge straight at armhole and decrease 
one stitch at neck in each of the following 20 ribs. *In next rib bind off 6 stitches 
at armhole for shoulder and decrease one stitch at neck as before; repeat from* 

t Courtesy Bear Brand Yarn Manufacturers. 



Courtesy of "Bear Brand 
Yarn Manufacturers" 



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Knitting and Crocheting Book 



3 times and fasten off. Mark out on the finished front the places for buttons 
(on 2d, 20th and 38tli rib from neck) and on second front make buttonholes in 
corresponding places, as follows: beginning from front edge knit 5 stitches, bhid 
off 4 stitches, knit to end of row; on next row cast on 4 stitches opposite those 
bound off. Sew uj) shoulder seam over 24 stitches. 

Sleeves. Cast on firmly 18 stitches and knit 1 
row, then cast on 3 stitches at beginning of each 

\ >i,- \ needle until there arc 78 stitches in row (30 stitches 

I ^' ^dfl^^^ added at each side). Knit 8 ribs even, then decrease 

Av\k^yi^^y ^"^ stitch at each side every 5th rib 14 times. 

W^SiJ^^^f There will then be 50 stitches on row, which should 

measiu-e 10 inches across. Knit even until sleeve 
measures 1() inches at underarm seam. Now in- 
crease one stitch in center of row every 3d rib 3 times; 
knit 2 ribs even and bind off on wrong side. Sew up 
uiiderann seams and place buttons as shown in illus- 
tration. 

Poekets. Cast on 30 stitches and knit even 
for 20 ribs; in following row knit 10 stitches, bind 
off 10 stitches, knit to end of row; next row cast on 
10 st it dies opposite those bound off; knit 4 ribs even 
and then bind off the 10 center stitches for second 
opening; next row cast on 10 stitches at center as 
before; knit 12 ribs even. Decrease by knitting 2d 
and 3d stitches together in beginning of every row 
(thus narrowing at both sides) imtil there are 10 
stitches left; knit 8 ribs even, then decrease again 
at each side until only 1 stitch is left; fasten off. 
Using white yarn and a crochet hook, make a slip 
stitch in each stitch on edge of strap, as shown in 
illustration. Slip the tab through the strap opening 
k> * ^^HSH^Hi ^"*"^ fasten point down with a button. 

K ■ ■«'?'^^^^^^ Collar. With colored German town cast on 66 

9' '■ '^'* \ stitches and knit 2 ribs; in next row knit 6 stitches, 

■^ ■ «- ^ \ turn and knit back to edge (outer edge of collar), 

turn, knit 12 stitches, turn and work back to edge; 
continue in this way, each time knitting 6 more 
stitches off needle at one side and at other side alwaj's knitting back to 
edge, until all the 06 stitches are again worked in a row. Knit straight for 
65 ribs, or until collar measures 13 inches at inner edge; knit to within 
6 stitches of end of row at inner edge, turn and knit back to outer edge, 
turn, knit to within 12 stitches of inner edge, turn and work back to 
outer edge; continue in this way until only 6 stitches are knitted from 
outer edge, work back and then knit 2 ribs on the entire 66 stitches. 
Join white, knit 10 ribs even and bind off on wrong side. Pick up the 66 
stitches cast on at beginning of collar and make second border like first, having 
both borders bound off on same side. 




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.Man u/aclurtrs ' ' 



Red Cross Knitting 265 



Belt. With colored Germantown cast on 22 stitches and knit straight for 
31 inches; on next rib make 2 buttonholes of 4 stitches each, 3 stitches from each 
end ; knit 4 ribs even and bind off on wrong side. 



CHAPTER XXXIX 

RED CROSS KNITTING* 



EQUIPMENT 

This circular is prepared primarily for the use of hand knitters. Knitting 
machines may be used if desired, provided the articles can be as well made and 
made of the same yarn. 

The color of the yarn has been carefully considered with the authorities of the 
War Department and with the American Red Cross Commissioner for Europe, in 
Paris. It has been learned from both of these sources that articles made in either 
gray or khaki yarn will be acceptable. Owing to the difficulty of securing khaki- 
colored yarn in large quantities the American Red Cross Supply Bureau will carry 
the gray yarn (Oxford mixture, 4-ply lO's construction). 

Yarn and knitting needles may be procured either from Red Cross Chapters 
or from stores, provided the yarn is of the same grade and needles of the same 
size as those described in this circular. 

The needles referred to in these directions are standardized Red Cross needles 
which can be purchased from Red Cross Chapters. Their diameter is given opposite 
their respective number. 



Red Cross Needles No. 1. 


o 


125/1000 inches, 


Red Cross Needles No. 2. 


O 


175/1000 inches, 


Red Cross Needles No. 3. 


O. 


200/1000 inches. 



General Directions 

Stitches should not be cast on too tightly.^ 

Knitting should be done evenly and firmly and all holes should be avoided. 

Joining should be done by splicing or h)y leaving two or three inches at eacn 
end of the yarn to be darned in carefully. 

All knots, ridges or lumps should be most carefully avoided, especially in 
socks, as they are apt to blister the feet. 

MUFFLER 

Material: 2 hanks of yam (^ lb.); 1 pair Red Cross needles No. 3. 
Cast on 50 stitches or 11 inches. Plain knitting for 68 inches. 

•For the convenience of knitters the directions from the circular of Red Cross instructions are here given. 




Courtesy bciir lir i 



RED CROSS KNrrriNG 



Red Cross Knitting 267 



WASH-CLOTH 

Material : White knitting cotton (medium weight) ; 1 pair Red Cross 
needles No. 1. 

Directions : 

Cast on 70 stitches, knit back and forth plain until cloth is about 10 inches 
yquare and bind off. Sew a loop of tape to one corner. 



SLEEVELESS SWEATER 
Material: 2| hanks of yam (f lb.); 1 pair Red Cross needles No. 3. 

Directions: 

Cast on 80 stitches. Knit 2, purl 2 stitches for 4 inches. Knit plain until 
sweater measures 25 inches. Knit 28 stitches, bind off 24 stitches for neck, loose. 
Knit 28 stitches. Knit 5 ridges on each shoulder, cast on 24 stitches. Knit plain 
for 21 inches. Purl 2, knit 2 stitches for 4 inches. Sew up sides, leaving 9 inches 
for amiholes. Two rows single crochet around neck and 1 row single crochet 
around the armholes. 



KNITTED HELMET No. 1 
Material: 1 hank of yarn (j lb.); 1 pair Red Cross needles No. 2. 

Directions : 

The Helmet is made in 2 parts, which afterwards are sewed together along the 
top and sides. 

Front of Helmet. — Cast on 48 stitches (11 inches), knit plain for 25 ribs 
(6 inches) and knit 2, purl 2 for 35 rows. On the next row the opening for the 
face is made as follows: Knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, knit and bind off 
loosely the next 28 stitches and purl 1, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2. Run the 
stitches before the opening on a spare needle and on the stitches at other side of 
opening knit 2, purl 2 for 12 rows. The last row will end at the opening and at that 
point cast on 28 stitches to offset those bound off. Begin at the face opening of 
stitches on spare needle and knit 2, purl 2 for 12 rows. At the end of the twelfth 
row continue all across to the end of other needle, when there should be 48 stitches 
on needle as at first. ICnit 2, purl 2 for 24 rows. 

Top of Helmet. — Knit 2, narrow (knitting 2 stitches together), knit 14, narrow, 
knit 14, narrow, knit 12. Purl the entire next row. On the third row knit 2, 
narrow, knit 13, narrow, knit 13, narrow, knit 11. Purl fourth row. On the 
fifth row knit 2, narrow, knit 12, narrow, knit 12, narrow, knit 10. Purl sixth row. 
Continue to narrow in the 3 places eveiy plain knitted row with 1 stitch less 
between narrowings until 9 stitches are left. 

Back of Helmet. — Work in same manner as for front but omit the face opening. 
Sew the stitches of upper edges together with joining stitch. Sew up the side 
seams leaving the plain knitting at shoulders open. 



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KNITTED HELMET No. 2 
(Same as No. 1, but knitted in one piece) 

^Material: 1 hank of yarn (I lb.); 4 Red Cross needles No. 2. 
Directions : 

Cast on 56 stitches loosely. Knit plain for 8 inches for front piece, and leave 
on extra needle. Knit another piece to correspond for back. These pieces must be 
at least 9 inches wide. Slip the stitches of both pieces on to 3 needles, arranging 
for last 2 stitches of back piece to be on beginning of first needle, with 38 stitches 
of front piece added (making 40 on first needle). 

Divide rest of stitches on other 2 needles; 36-36. 

Beginning with first needle, knit 2, purl 2 for 6 inches. Then on first needle 
knit 2, purl 2 for 18 stitches. Bind off 22 stitches for face opening. (Try to keep 
same arrangement of stitches on needles for further directions.) Knit 2, purl 2 
forward and back on remaining 90 stitches for Ih inches, always slipping first 
stitch. Cast on 22 stitches loosely to complete face opening, and knit 2, purl 2 
for 2h inches (adjust stitches by slipping 2 from end of third needle to first needle, 
making 42 on first needle). 

Knit 1 round plain. Knit 2 stitches together, knit 11, knit 2 stitches together, 
knit 1. Repeat to end of round. Knit 4 rows plain. Then knit 2 stitches together, 
knit 9, knit 2 together, knit 1. Repeat to end of round. Knit 4 rows plain. Con- 
tinue in this way, narrowing on every fifth round and reducing nimiber of stitches 
Ix'tween narrowed stitches by 2 (as 7, 5, 3, etc.) imtil you have 28 stitches left on 
needles. Divide on 2 needles, having 14 on first needle and 14 on the other, and 
finish the same as for the toe of a sock. 

WRISTLETS No. 1 

Material: I hank of yarn (J lb.); 1 pair Red Cross needles No. 2. 

Directions: 

Cast on 48 stitches, knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 inches, and sew up leaving 2 inches 
open space for thumb 2 inches from the edge. 

WRISTLETS No. 2 

]\Taterial: \ hank of yarn (g lb.); 4 Red Cross needles No. 1. 

Directions: 

Cast on 52 stitches on 3 needles : 16-16-20. Knit 2, purl 2 for 8 inches. To 
make opening for thumb, knit 2, purl 2 to end of third needle, turn; knit and purl 
back tf) end of first nc^HlIe, always slipping first stitch; turn. Continue knitting 
back and forth for 2 inches. From this point continue as at first for 4 niches for 
the hand. Bind off loosely and buttonhole thumb opening. 

MEDIUM SIZED SOCK 

Quantity of wool required: about one-quarter pound. 

56 stitches on three No. 1 Red Cross needles (20 on first needle, 20 on second 
needle, 16 on thirtl needle). 



Red Cross Knitting 269 



Heel: 

Knit 2, purl 2, for 3 inches. 

Knit plain 8 inches. 

Divide stitches: 28 on first needle (for heel), 14 on second needle, 14 on third 
needle. 

First needle (*): Knit 1 row, turn. Purl 1 row, turn. Repeat from (*) until 
you have 27 rows. Always slip first stitch. 

To Turn Heel: 

Begin to turn heel on wrong side. 

Slip 1, purl 15, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn. 

Slip 1, knit 5, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch, knit 1, turn. 

SUp 1, purl 6, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn. 

Shp 1, knit 7, slip 1, knit 1, pass shpped stitch over knit stitch, knit 1, turn. 

Slip 1, purl 8, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn. 

Slip 1, knit 9, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch, knit 1, turn. 

Continue until there are 16 stitches on needle. 
Gusset : 

Pick up 13 stitches on side of heel. (1st 
needle.) Knit stitches of 2d and 3d needles 
onto one needle. (2d needle.) Pick up 13 
stitches on other side of heel, and take 8 stitches 
from first needle. (3d needle.) 1st needle — 
(A) Knit to within 3 stitches of end, knit 2 
together, knit 1. 2d needle — (B) Knit plain. 
3d needle — (C) Knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass 
slipped stitch over knit stitch, knit to end. 
(D) Knit around plain. 

Repeat A, B, C, D, until you have 14 
stitches on 1st needle, 28 stitches on 2d needle, 
14 stitches on 3d needle. Knit plain 5| inches. 

Kitchener Toe: 1st needle — (E) Knit to 
within 3 stitches of end, knit 2 together, knit 1. 
2d needle — (F) Knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass 
slipped stitch over knit stitch, knit to within 
3 stitches of end, knit 2 together, knit 1. 3d 
needle — (G) Knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped 
stitch over knit stitch, knit to end. (H) Knit 
2 rows plain. 

Repeat E, F, G, H, 3 times (making 4 times in all). Then narrow every 
other row 5 times. 

Knit the 5 stitches of your 1st needle onto your 3d needle. You have now 
10 stitches on each of the two needles. Break wool (leaving 12-inch length) and 
thread it into worsted needle. Hold sock so that the worsted needle is at your 
right and, always keeping wool under knitting needles, weave front and back 
together as follows: (*) Pass worsted needle through 1st stitch of front knitting 
needle as if knitting and slip stitch off the knitting needle. 




270 Knitting and Crocheting Book 

Pass through 2d stitch as if purhng and leave stitch on the knitting needle. 
Pass through 1st stitch of back needle as if purling and slip stitch off the knitting 
needle. Pass through 2d stitch of back needle as if knitting and leave stitch on 
knitting needle. 

Repeat from (*) until all stitches are off needles. In order to avoid ridges 
across end of toe, fasten wool down the side. 

Laid on a level surface the finished sock should measure: Foot — Length, 
11^ inches, but 10| to 12^ is acceptable. Leg — Length, 14 inches; circum- 
ference, 8 inches. Cuff — Circumference, unstretched, 6 inches; stretched to 
fullest extent, 13§ inches. 

BED-SOCK 
Material: 4 Red Cross needles No. 2, 1 hank yam (| lb.). 

Directions : 

Cast on 48 stitches on 3 needles, 16 on each. 

Knit plain and loosely for 20 inches. Decrease every other stitch by knitting 

2 together with 12 stitches and weave together as per directions on sock. 

HOT WATER BOTTLE-COVER 

Material: White knitting cotton (medium weight); 1 pair Red Cross 
needles No. 1. 

Directions : 

Cast on 56 stitches, knit 2, purl 2 and repeat until the work is 4 inches deep. 
Then knit back and forth plain for OV' inches more or until entire work measures 
ISo inches. Next decrease 2 stitches at beginning and 2 stitches at end of each 
needle until there are sixteen stitches left and bind off. Make another piece in 
same manner and sew together. Attach a 20-inch piece of tape to seam at one 
side of ribbing to tie around neck of bottle. 



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